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TikTok hit with 530 million euro fine by Irish regulator

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 May 2025 13:00:01 +0000

TikTok has been fined 530 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission for sending European users' data to China. Read more...

EU fines Meta €91 million for storing millions of passwords in plain text

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:00:01 +0000

The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta €91 million for storing passwords in plain text that were accessible to thousands of Meta employees. Read more...

Windows 11 vs 10: Intel CPUs apparently sluggish, and it's worse without Microsoft's help

Sayan Sen — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:46:01 +0000

Intel's hybrid CPUs are apparently struggling with latency issues as they can often be sluggish despite being much faster on paper than older CPUs like 10th or 11th gen, according to a report. Read more...

Instagram Threads not coming to the EU on Thursday, says Irish regulator

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 22:38:01 +0000

Meta is not planning to launch Threads in the European Union on Thursday, according to Ireland's Data Protection Commission. Data sharing between Threads and Instagram is said to be the reason why. Read more...

Ireland data regulator: We should not blindly ban AI-powered chatbots

Usama Jawad — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:20:01 +0000

Although some European countries are rushing to ban ChatGPT and related technologies, Ireland is taking a more measured approach where it wants to fully understand the benefits and risks of AI. Read more...

Meta's WhatsApp slapped with a €5.5 million fine for GDPR violations

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:24:01 +0000

Meta has been hit with a €5.5 million fine for violating GDPR rules with its WhatsApp messenger. A complainant said users were forced to agree to data processing to use WhatsApp and this broke rules. Read more...

Meta fined €390 million by Irish Data Protection Commission for GDPR violations

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:10:02 +0000

Meta has said it will appeal against two fines from the Irish DPC which total €390 million. It was fined because of GDPR violations which were raised by two complainants in May 2018. Read more...

Ireland fines WhatsApp €225 million over violations of GDPR

Paul Hill — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:10:01 +0000

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has issued a €225 million fine to WhatsApp for violating GDPR rules. The DPC also said that WhatsApp will have to change its processes to align with GDPR. Read more...

Ireland's DPC is investigating Instagram's handling of children's data

Usman Khan Lodhi — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:08:01 +0000

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating Instagram over the handling of children's data. If the app is found to have broken privacy laws, the regulator could issue a heavy fine. Read more...