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EFF Angry as Google Keeps 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome

Regulatory capture by stealth? Google changes its mind about third-party tracking cookies—we’re stuck with them for the foreseeable ...

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TikTok Abused Kids’ Data — UK Fines it $16 Million

Richi Jennings | April 4, 2023 | Australia, Bytedance, children, Children and smartphones, five eyes, information commissioner's office, SB Blogwatch, TikTok, uk, Won’t somebody think of the children?

$8.50 per child: UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children ...

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These Are the Highest Penalties under GDPR – Including Fines Issued to Private Individuals

Filip Truta | July 16, 2020 | data protection, data protection regulation, , General Data Protection Regulation, ICO, Industry News, information commissioner's office

PrivacyAffairs, a leading source of data privacy and cybersecurity research, has issued a report tallying fines issued under the 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It also lists the countries where the ...

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Heathrow Airport escapes hefty GDPR fine; gets only £120,000 (under 1998 DPA) for 2017 privacy breach incident

Filip Truta | October 9, 2018 | data protection act, DPA, , ICO, Industry News, information commissioner's office

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) £120,000 for failing to ensure that the personal data on its network was properly secured. The circumstances that led to the ...

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