GDPR

The GDPR's primary aim is to give individuals control over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.

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Google Hit With $57M GDPR Fine
Google Hit With $57M GDPR Fine
January 21, 2019  |  Regulation

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was hit with a $57 million fine Monday (Jan. 21) by a French regulator, in what the Wall Street Journal reported is...

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US Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine
US Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine
January 18, 2019  |  Regulation

Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook, a punishment that could be sizable in scope...

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Austrian Lawyer Files Complaint Against Tech Firms Over GDPR
Austrian Lawyer Files Complaint Against Tech Firms Over GDPR
January 18, 2019  |  Regulation

An Austrian lawyer has filed a complaint against eight tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify and You Tube, for failing to comply with the...

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Supply Chain Compliance Dives Into The Data
Supply Chain Compliance Dives Into The Data
January 14, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Corporates cannot afford to manage compliance in isolation. With the globalization of supply chains, entering new markets and working with unfamiliar partners can introduce major...

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German Reg To Halt Facebook User Data Collection
German Reg To Halt Facebook User Data Collection
January 14, 2019  |  Facebook

Germany’s antitrust watchdog plans to stop Facebook from gathering some user data after its investigation found that the social media giant has been collecting information...

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Will Google And The Digital Economy Be Tied To EU’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’?
Will Google And The Digital Economy Be Tied To EU’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’?
January 11, 2019  |  Google

Excuse the hyperbole, but Google (and other search engines) dodged a bullet this week when it came to privacy regulations that come out of the...

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Study: Users Will Give Up Facebook For $1K
Study: Users Will Give Up Facebook For $1K
January 03, 2019  |  Facebook

It’s an annual tradition come early January — people everywhere pulling back from their resolutions, finding some wiggle room in the certainty of change that...

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Android Apps Feed Facebook User Data, Violate EU Reg
Android Apps Feed Facebook User Data, Violate EU Reg
December 31, 2018  |  Facebook

Some popular apps for Android smartphones are feeding data to Facebook without user consent, which could be a breach of the European Union’s (EU’s) General...

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Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
December 27, 2018  |  Facebook

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica breach and the knowledge that the company was selling private information to companies might mean that Congress will consider a version...

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