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Google slapped with $425 million fine for violating user privacy

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:24:01 +0000

Google has been fined $425 million for stealing user data without their consent. Google claims that its customers gave up their data willingly. Read more...

Meta explains how EU's "unlawful" ad-free choice ruling hurts users and businesses

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:12:01 +0000

Meta has decided to appeal a fine from the European Commission saying that the ruling was unlawful and harms businesses. Read more...

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...

Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC faces $1 billion fine after inadvertently supplying Huawei

Paul Hill — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:46:01 +0000

The Taiwanese chipmaker, TSMC, could be slapped with a $1 billion fine by the US Department of Commerce after its hardware ended up in a product from the sanctioned Huawei. Read more...

OnlyFans fined £1.05 million by Ofcom for age verification failures

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:12:01 +0000

The UK's digital regulator Ofcom has slapped OnlyFans with a £1.05 million fine for providing inaccurate information about its age verification processes. Read more...

Europe's DMA fine on Apple and Meta will be 'modest' after Trump threatens with tariffs

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:46:02 +0000

After President Trump threatened to put tariffs on countries that fine American companies disproportionately, reports indicate Apple and Meta's DMA fines would be modest. Read more...

EU set to penalize Google for failing to comply with DMA regulations

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:00:01 +0000

The European Commission is preparing to charge Google for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) after the company's recent changes were insufficient to address concerns about fair competition. Read more...

PayPal hit with $2 million fine by regulators after investigation revealed massive breach

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:02:01 +0000

PayPal has been fined $2 million by the New York Department of Financial Services for exposing sensitive customer data like social security numbers and more. Read more...

Russia is the most recent country to impose a fine on Google

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:08:02 +0000

After facing orders to pay fines in multiple countries, Google has now been ordered by a Russian court to pay a fine for failing to comply with previous penalties. Read more...

EU Court fines European Commission for failing to comply with its own laws

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:48:01 +0000

The EU General Court has fined the European Commission for a "serious breach" of GDPR, which requires strict protection of personal data transferred outside the EU. Read more...

Apple and Goldman Sachs ordered to pay $89 million fine over Apple Card failures

Steve Bennett — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:46:02 +0000

The failures include mishandling transaction disputes and misleading iPhone purchasers about interest-free payment options. Read more...

Elon Musk's X fined over $400,000 for failing to address child abuse content on the platform

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:24:01 +0000

An Australian court has fined X A$610,500 (approximately $418,000) for failing to comply with regulatory inquiries regarding child abuse content. 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...

Nuclear safety watchdog fines Samsung for leaked radiation exposure incident in South Korea

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:44:01 +0000

South Korea's Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) has fined Samsung following an incident where two workers were hospitalized after radiation exposure. Read more...

Google overturns €1.49 billion antitrust fine by the EU over digital ad market practices

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:02:01 +0000

The General Court of the EU has annulled a €1.49 billion fine on Google by the European Commission that had targeted its online advertising practices. Read more...

Meta's facial recognition feature has backfired, as it settles to pay $1.4 billion to Texas

Martin Hodás — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:56:01 +0000

A lawsuit filed against Meta in 2022 over its use of facial recognition software has led to, by far, the largest settlement ever obtained from an action brought by a single U.S. state. Read more...

UK regulator fines Coinbase subsidiary £3.5 million using powers for the first time

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:04:01 +0000

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has fined CBPL, a Coinbase subsidiary, for allowing high-risk customers use its services to get access to crypto assets. It has been fined £3.5 million. Read more...

Apple challenges EU's €2 billion fine arguing lack of evidence

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 May 2024 06:16:02 +0000

Apple is formally challenging the European Commission's €1.8 billion fine for unfair trade practices related to music streaming services, stating that there's no evidence of any such behaviour. Read more...

Ofcom fines BT £2.8 million for failing its EE and Plusnet customers

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 May 2024 11:22:01 +0000

BT has been fined £2,800,000 by Ofcom for failing to provide a summary of its contracts to EE and Plusnet customers before they signed up. BT will also have to let people exit contracts without fees. Read more...

FCC hits top US carriers with nearly $200 million fine for sharing user location illegally

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:24:01 +0000

The FCC has fined major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customers' location data without consent despite knowing. Read more...

Italy watchdog fines Amazon €10 million for pre-selecting frequent delivery by default

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:26:02 +0000

Amazon has been fined by the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) €10 million for an alleged unfair practice where it pre-selected an option for customers to subscribe to frequent deliveries. Read more...

Apple likely to face €500 million fine for breaking EU law

Paul Hill — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:28:01 +0000

The European Union is likely to fine Apple early next month to the tune of half a billion euros for using its powerful position to hurt its competition in the music space such as Spotify. Read more...

Dutch watchdogs slap Uber with a $10.8 million fine for violating data privacy laws

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:32:01 +0000

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has charged a $10.8 million fine on Uber for infringing data privacy regulations. It suggests that users are unaware of how their data is being used and shared. Read more...

Turkish authorities force Meta to pay $160,000 daily amidst ongoing investigations

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:18:02 +0000

Meta has been under the radar of the Turkish competition board since 2022 after it stated that Meta violated the competition law. Today, it has placed another fine that needs to be paid daily Read more...

Shell Energy fined £1.4 million for not telling customers to review contracts

Paul Hill — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:42:02 +0000

Shell Energy was fined £1.4 million by the regulator Ofcom for not properly informing customers that they were out of contract or that their contract was coming to an end. The issue is now resolved. Read more...

TikTok issued a $368 million fine for the way it handles data of young users

Steve Bennett — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:56:01 +0000

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has today published its final decision on its inquiry into TikTok on how it handles the data of young users and has issued a fine of €345 million ($368m). Read more...

Russian district court fines Google $32,000, Wikipedia also under fire

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:24:01 +0000

Google was fined after failing to remove an alleged fake news video about the Russia-Ukraine conflict from YouTube, a Russian district court ruled after the company broke its administrative laws. Read more...

The European Union may fine TikTok for the breach of child privacy laws

Mehrotra A — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 12:30:01 +0000

TikTok may face another fine by the European Union as the regulator's recent investigation revealed that TikTok had breached child privacy laws and mishandled data of teens between 13 and 17. Read more...

Spotify has been fined $5.4 million due to GDPR violations

Steve Bennett — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:44:01 +0000

Spotify has fallen foul of the EU's General Data Protection Regulations and has been fined SEK 58 million (equivalent to $5.4 million) by a Swedish regulator due to how it handles personal data. Read more...

Nintendo hacker Bowser released from prison, will pay off fine for the rest of his life

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:04:01 +0000

Hacker Gary Bowser from the infamous Team-Xecuter Nintendo piracy group has been released early from prison. However, he will likely be paying off fines to Nintendo for the rest of his life. Read more...

TikTok is hit with a £12.7 million UK fine for violating its own children access rules

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:52:01 +0000

The fine from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office says that TikTok allowed over 1.4 million kids under 13 years of age to access its app, in violation of TikTok's own terms of service. Read more...

Russian courts fine Twitch $57,000 over "fake" Ukraine content

Steve Bennett — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 10:14:01 +0000

Russian courts have recently issued a $57,000 fine to Amazon-owned Twitch for failing to remove content about its military campaign in Ukraine which it reportedly says is falsified. 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...

Tesla fined $2.2 million in South Korea for false advertising claims

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 04:24:01 +0000

Tesla has been fined $2.2 million by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission. The regulator says the company mislead customers through false advertising that exaggerated its cars' capabilities. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: More Windows issues and fixes, a Bing fine, and Teams updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:16:01 +0000

Our latest edition of Microsoft Weekly covers a quieter week where we learned about a couple more Windows bugs along with a few patches, a fine on Microsoft Bing, and some Teams and Excel updates. Read more...

Microsoft hit with €60 million fine by France for not offering cookie opt-out on Bing

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has been fined €60 million for not giving Bing users a way to reject cookies. French data protection agency CNIL said Microsoft should get consent to use ad fraud detection cookies too. Read more...

FTC fines Google and iHeartMedia for paid endorsements of Pixel 4 without endorsers using it

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 02:10:01 +0000

Google and iHeartMedia have reached a settlement with the FTC after the two were accused of paying radio hosts for endorsements of the Pixel 4 even though the endorsers hadn't used the phone. Read more...

Meta hit with large fine by Irish data privacy regulator

Hemant Saxena — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:20:01 +0000

Facebook's parent company Meta has been hit by a fine of €265 million from the Data Protection Commission (Ireland) for violating people's privacy. There are still 13 outstanding inquiries pending. Read more...

Google slapped with $113 million antitrust fine in India

Usama Jawad — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:22:01 +0000

Google has been handed a $113 million fine by India's antitrust watchdog for forcing consumers and developers to use only its own billing mechanisms for purchases from the Google Play Store. Read more...