Neowin News Feed for: Penalty

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...

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...

Google slapped with $60 million fine for misleading customers about data collection

Usama Jawad — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:06:01 +0000

Responding to a ruling issued last year, Google has agreed to pay a $60 million fine in Australia for misleading customers about its data collection practices when it comes to your location history. Read more...

Uber settles lawsuit claiming it overcharged disabled passengers with $2.2 million fine

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:00:01 +0000

Uber will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the ride-hailing service discriminated against customers with disabilities. The company will compensate more than 65,000 passengers. Read more...

Samsung fined $14m for misleading claims about Galaxy phones being waterproof

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:08:01 +0000

Samsung has been fined $14 million for misleading advertisements about seven Galaxy phones being water-resistant. The phones were damaged after being used in swimming pools and ocean water. Read more...

Australian court fines Sony $2.4 million for misrepresenting consumer rights

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 15:24:01 +0000

Sony Europe has been issued a hefty $2.4 million fine by the Australian federal court. The penalty has been charged on the basis that Sony misled customers about their rights when demanding refunds. Read more...

British Airways to be fined record-breaking £183m figure over data theft

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 14:56:01 +0000

British watchdog Information Commissioner's Office has issued UK's flag carrier with a penalty of £183m. The record fine has been charged over the breach of data suffered by British Airways last year. Read more...

Italy imposes €1m fine on Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:00:01 +0000

The Italian government charged Facebook with a hefty penalty of €1m today for breach of user data by political analytics company Cambridge Analytica. The million euro fine is non-negotiable. Read more...

Uber fined €400,000 in France over massive data breach in 2016

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:44:01 +0000

After having been fined last month in the UK and The Netherlands for a massive data breach in 2016, Uber today has been slapped with another penalty in France for the same incident. Read more...

Russia launches civil case against Google for violating site-blocking regulation

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:32:01 +0000

Google is now facing a fine of up to around $10,450 in Russia after the country's media and telecoms regulator accused the company of failing to exclude banned sites from its search results. Read more...

Apple's Watch under scrutiny from the UK Department of Transport

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:08:01 +0000

The new Apple Watch is under scrutiny again, this time by the UK Department for Transport who warns drivers using the new wearable will face similar penalties to those using phones while at the wheel. Read more...

Google Takedown requests increase by 1137% compared to 2011

Paul Ferson — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:18:52 +0000

Google's Takedown requests have increased by over 1,000% compared to last year. The search giant now handles more than a million takedown requests weekly, from various groups and reporters. Read more...

Google plans to penalize SEO heavy web sites

John Callaham — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000

A Google team member has said the company plans in the near future to penalize web sites that in their opinion deliberately try to push search optimization techniques rather than offer good content. Read more...

Patent Penalty Against Microsoft Increased $25 million

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:48:04 +0000

Microsoft willfully infringed on the patents of a small Michigan company and engaged in litigation misconduct in its effort to defend itself, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis upped a jury's... Read more...

Microsoft drops MSBlast writer's $500,000 penalty

Brad Wardell — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:50:11 +0000

Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teen convicted of writing a variant of the MSBlast worm, won't have to pay $500,000 in restitution. The damages were to be paid to Microsoft for the teen's... Read more...

Micron calls for US penalty tariffs on Korean DRAM makers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:30:14 +0000

Micron Technology Inc on Friday charged that Korean memory manufacturers have received unfair levels of support from their government and asked US authorities to impose tariffs on memory imports from the country. ... Read more...

Usenet death penalty imposed on blueyonder

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 11 May 2002 12:44:31 +0000

Usenet posts by Telewest blueyonder Internet service subscribers are been blocked by other news providers because of complaints over spam. In a notice to users yesterday, Telewest explains that a Usenet Death... Read more...