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Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer...
Meta Platforms, owners of Facebook is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to...
Crypto Fraud: South African firm fined $3.4 billion
South Africa has once again found itself at the centre of some of the world’s biggest crypto fraud cases.
A US federal court in Texas...
Google hit with $32 million antitrust fine in Korea
South Korea’s competition watchdog has slapped a KRW42.1 billion ($32.4 million) fine on Google’s local and regional units for requiring gaming companies to launch...
Two digital lenders fined for data abuse in Kenya, lessons for...
Kenyan loan company, WhitePath Company Limited and workspace provider Regus Kenya are feeling the heat for not playing by the data protection rules, Techweez...
Google to pay US$29.5 million in two location tracking lawsuits
Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits brought by Indiana and Washington, D.C., over its “deceptive”...
Google fined $113 million in India, ordered to allow third-party payments
India’s antitrust watchdog has hit Google with a $113 million fine for abusing the dominant position of its Google Play Store and ordered the...
Google fined $162 million in India
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined Google INR13.4 billion ($162 million) after a probe spanning several years over anti-competitive practices relating to...
Apple fined $19 million for failing to include chargers with iPhones
Apple has been fined $19 million in Brazil for not including chargers in iPhones sold within the country.
Earlier this year, the Brazilian government fined...
PayPal retracts unintended threat to fine users for ‘misinformation’
PayPal introduced a new policy geared towards fighting misinformation, in which it threatened to fine users $2,500 for spreading “misinformation”, but has since retracted...
Glovo fined $78M for breaching labour laws in Spain
Digital food delivery firm Glovo, which has operations in Ghana, has been slapped with a $78 million fine for breaching labour laws relating to...