Denmark orders schools to stop sending student data to Google

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 1:10:00
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Dan

The Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) has issued an injunction regarding student data being funneled to Google through the use of Chromebooks and Google Workspace services in the country's schools.

The matter was brought to the agency's attention roughly four years ago by a concerned...

No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:24:00
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Dan

Meta’s new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users’ data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the new Threads service. Under EU data privacy rules, it faces higher hurdles than in the US or UK, where it has launched

Meta will not launch its new Twitter ri...

Swedish Data Protection Authority Warns Companies Against Google Analytics Use

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 2:19:00
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Dan

The Swedish data protection watchdog has warned companies against using Google Analytics due to risks posed by U.S. government surveillance, following similar moves by Austria, France, and Italy last year.

The development comes in the aftermath of an audit initiated by the Swedish Authority for Pr...

E.U. Regulators Hit Meta with Record $1.3 Billion Fine for Data Transfer Violations

Wed, 31 May 2023 18:41:00
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Dan

Facebook's parent company Meta has been fined a record $1.3 billion by European Union data protection regulators for transferring the personal data of users in the region to the U.S.

In a binding decision taken by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the social media giant has been ordered t...

Loopholes in Google’s Data Safety Labels Keep Companies in the Clear and Consumers in the Dark

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:55:00
1 minute, 15 seconds
Dan

Few people stop to question the accuracy of nutrition labels on packaged food. But food labeling wasn’t always so trustworthy. Companies found it relatively easy to make false and misleading health claims on food packaging until the U.S. Supreme Court cracked down on the practice in 1973, and the U....