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Apple blames Spotify for $1.95 billion fine over "abusive" App store rules

The European Commission has fined Apple €1.8 billion, or approximately $1.95 million, for allegedly abusing its market dominance in music streaming app distribution to prevent developers from promoting cheaper services outside the app.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 04, 2024
- 12:58 PM
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Google pays $93M to settle Android tracking lawsuit in California

California's Attorney General announced today that Google will pay $93 million to settle a privacy lawsuit alleging it violated the U.S. state's consumer protection laws.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2023
- 09:57 AM
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TikTok slapped with $368 million fine over child privacy violations

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €345 million ($368 million) for violating the privacy of children between the ages of 13 and 17 while processing their data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2023
- 09:05 AM
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Extended warranty robocallers fined $300 million after 5 billion scam calls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a record-breaking $299,997,000 fine imposed on an international network of companies for placing five billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers over three months in 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- August 04, 2023
- 10:54 AM
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Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations

The U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Amazon has agreed to pay a $25 million fine to settle alleged children's privacy laws violations related to the company's Alexa voice assistant service.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 21, 2023
- 08:02 AM
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Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten - IMY) has fined two companies with 12.3 million SEK (€1 million/$1.1 million) for using Google Analytics and warned two others about the same practice.
- Bill Toulas
- July 04, 2023
- 11:19 AM
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Microsoft to pay $20 million for XBOX children privacy violations

Microsoft has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and change data privacy procedures for children to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges over Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) violations.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2023
- 11:51 AM
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Amazon faces $30 million fine over Ring, Alexa privacy violations

Amazon will pay $30 million in fines to settle allegations of privacy violations related to the operation of its Ring video doorbell and Alexa virtual assistant services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 31, 2023
- 04:44 PM
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EU slaps Meta with $1.3 billion fine for moving data to US servers

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced a $1.3 billion fine on Facebook after claiming that the company violated Article 46(1) of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 11:04 AM
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WhatsApp fined €5.5 million by Irish DPC for GDPR violation

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined WhatsApp Ireland €5.5 million ($5.95M) after confirming that the communications service has violated the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2023
- 10:11 AM
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TikTok slapped with $5.4 million fine over cookie opt-out feature

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined TikTok UK and TikTok Ireland €5,000,000 for making it difficult for users of the platform to refuse cookies and for not sufficiently informing them about their purpose.
- Bill Toulas
- January 15, 2023
- 10:05 AM
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Meta to fight €390 million fine for breaching EU data privacy laws

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta a total of €390 million after finding that it forced Facebook and Instagram users to consent to personal data processing for targeted advertising.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 04, 2023
- 10:57 AM
- 2
FCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed today a record-breaking $300 million fine against an auto warranty robocall operation that made billions of calls to more than 550 million phones across the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2022
- 03:07 PM
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Australia will now fine firms up to AU$50 million for data breaches

The Australian parliament has approved a bill to amend the country's privacy legislation, significantly increasing the maximum penalties to AU$50 million for companies and data controllers who suffered large-scale data breaches.
- Bill Toulas
- November 30, 2022
- 12:26 PM
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Google will pay $391M to settle Android location tracking lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a coalition of attorneys general from 40 U.S. states alleging that the search giant tracked Android users' locations since at least 2014 even when they thought location tracking was disabled.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 14, 2022
- 02:14 PM
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Clearview AI gets third €20 million fine for illegal data collection

France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Clearview AI with €20 million for illegal collection and processing of biometric data belonging to French citizens.
- Bill Toulas
- October 21, 2022
- 10:57 AM
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Google fined $60 million over Android location data collection

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that Google was fined $60 million for misleading Australian Android users regarding the collection and use of their location data for almost two years, between January 2017 and December 2018.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 13, 2022
- 11:08 AM
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Russia fines Google $358 million for not removing banned info

A court in Moscow has imposed a fine of $358 million (21 billion rubles) on Google LLC for failing to restrict access to information considered prohibited in the country.
- Bill Toulas
- July 18, 2022
- 01:51 PM
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Russia fines Google for spreading ‘unreliable’ info defaming its army

Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has fined Google 68 million rubles (roughly $1.2 million) for helping spread what it called "unreliable" information on the war in Ukraine and the failure to remove it from its platforms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 24, 2022
- 04:28 PM
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CafePress fined $500,000 for breach affecting 23 million users

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today ordered Residual Pumpkin Entity, the former owner of the CafePress t-shirt and merchandise site, to pay a $500,000 fine for attempting to cover up a major data breach impacting more than 23 million customers and failing to protect their data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 24, 2022
- 12:48 PM
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