Laws and regulations

The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta's WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating data protection laws. The popular messaging app…

3 years ago

Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Google will pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits in the US over its deceptive location tracking practices. Google…

3 years ago

Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle the class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica…

3 years ago

Facebook (Meta) to settle Cambridge Analytica data leak for $725M

Facebook (Meta) has agreed to pay $725 million to settle the class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Cambridge Analytica…

3 years ago

Irish data protection commission fines Meta over 2021 data-scraping leak

Irish data protection commission (DPC) fined Meta for not protecting Facebook's users' data from scraping. Meta has been fined €265 million…

3 years ago

NIST published updated guidance for supply chain risks

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released updated guidance for defending against supply-chain attacks. The National Institute…

4 years ago

FTC warns legal action against businesses who fail to mitigate Log4J attacks

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned legal action against companies who fail to secure their infrastructure against Log4Shell…

4 years ago

Microsoft seized 42 domains used by the China-linked APT15 cyberespionage group

Microsoft seized dozens of malicious domains used by the China-linked APT15 group to target organizations worldwide. Microsoft announced to have obtained…

4 years ago

Russian internet watchdog Roskomnadzor bans six more VPN services

Russia’s internet watchdog, ‘Roskomnadzor’, has announced the ban of other VPN products, 15 VPN services are now illegal in Russia…

4 years ago

Israel cut cyber export list, excluding totalitarian regimes

Israel's Ministry of Defense bans the sale of surveillance software and offensive hacking tools to tens of countries. Israel's Ministry…

4 years ago

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