January 22, 2019
No Pain, No Gain? GDPR, PSD2 And The New Payments...

Last year brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline, Europe’s attempt to boost online privacy and security for consumers — a law that just resulted in a $57 million fine...

January 21, 2019
US: Regulators eye “record” Facebook fine

Regulators in the US have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook, a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the wake...

January 21, 2019
France: Google hit with US$57M GDPR fine

France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google €50 million (US$57 million), the first penalty for a US tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last year,...

January 21, 2019
Alipay Latest To Ride eMoney License Trend

Alipay’s latest expansion — this time, to Luxembourg — shows not only the increasing reach of the China-based mobile payments ecosystem, but also stands as the latest example of companies...

January 21, 2019
Google Hit With $57M GDPR Fine

Alphabet Inc.’s Google was hit with a $57 million fine Monday (Jan. 21) by a French regulator, in what the Wall Street Journal reported is the largest penalty under the new...

January 18, 2019
US Regulators Eye ‘Record’ Facebook Fine

Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook, a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the...

January 18, 2019
Austrian Lawyer Files Complaint Against Tech Firms Over GDPR

An Austrian lawyer has filed a complaint against eight tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify and You Tube, for failing to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection...

January 17, 2019
Apple CEO Wants FTC To Let Consumers Control Their Data

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive who has emerged as a powerful privacy advocate, has called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to put in place a new framework to...

January 17, 2019
Rubio’s Privacy Bill Takes Aim At Facebook, Google, Amazon

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced new legislation that would create federal standards of privacy protection for companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google. The American Data Dissemination Act would require...