January 31, 2019
France: Regulator orders Google to take measures on advertising

France’s competition regulator has ordered Google to take measures regarding some of its advertising methods, claiming these methods had hit French firm Amadeus which runs a directory service in France....

January 31, 2019
Delivery Apps, Market Saturation Push UK Restaurants Into Bankruptcies

British restaurants hit a milestone in 2018 — the number of insolvent ones hit an all-time high, and has even doubled since 2010, according to report by Reuters. According to...

January 30, 2019
Despite Scandals, Facebook Makes Q4 Gains On Users And Mobile

Facebook posted single-digit user gains in the fourth quarter of 2018, gains that arguably push back against ideas that the social media platform would lose its hold on consumers in...

January 30, 2019
Rubrik Exposes Customer Data, May Face GDPR Fines

Rubrik, an IT security and cloud data management company, has suffered a massive data leak. The company pulled the server offline on Tuesday (Jan. 29) after being alerted to the...

January 29, 2019
EU: Google GDPR complaint suggests personal data misuse

A General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaint shows that Google may have misused people’s personal data and categorized them in highly sensitive ways, according to reports. Google’s ad technology apparently...

January 29, 2019
Facebook Could Face Challenge To Integrating Messaging Apps In EU

Facebook could face challenges by the European Union if it integrates Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger messaging functions, reported  CNBC. The report, citing the Irish Data Protection Commission, reported the DPC...

January 29, 2019
Cybersecurity Investments Are Paying Off For GDPR-Ready Firms

Cybersecurity can seem an overwhelming challenge to organizations considering the pace of cyber-attackers’ evolution that seems to force cybersecurity solution providers into a perpetual game of catch-up. The cat-and-mouse game...

January 28, 2019
Google GDPR Complaint Suggests Personal Data Misuse

A General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaint shows that Google may have misused people’s personal data and categorized them in highly sensitive ways, according to reports. Google’s ad technology apparently labels...

January 28, 2019
Data Dive, Rainy Days Edition: Fines, Misses And Video Game...

The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously wrote that “Into each life some rain must fall,” a reminder that not every day can be a perfect day, or even good one....