investigations

A Year Into GDPR, Fines Total €56M
A Year Into GDPR, Fines Total €56M
May 28, 2019  |  Regulation

A year after the debut of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a total of €56 million ($62 million) in fines have been doled out. According...

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Facebook Sues South Korean Firm For Data Misuse
Facebook Sues South Korean Firm For Data Misuse
May 13, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against a South Korean data analytics company for breaching its data policies for developers, as well as refusing to agree...

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Kraft Heinz Uncovers Employee Procurement Misconduct
Kraft Heinz Uncovers Employee Procurement Misconduct
May 07, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.S. food giant Kraft Heinz continues to address issues related to claims of procurement misconduct after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoenaed the company....

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Freight Firm Celadon Settles Accounting Fraud Claims
Freight Firm Celadon Settles Accounting Fraud Claims
April 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Indianapolis-based freight trucking company Celadon Group has agreed to pay its investors $42.2 million after filing false financial statements and lying to auditors. The agreement...

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Indian Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Users’ Rights
Indian Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Users’ Rights
February 22, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Indian parliamentary committee on information technology has asked representatives from Facebook, the messaging app WhatsApp and the photo sharing app Instagram to appear and...

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BEC Targets BSA Officials At Credit Unions
BEC Targets BSA Officials At Credit Unions
February 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Even Bank Secrecy Act officials are in the crosshairs of scammers, according to news of recent email “phishing” campaigns. Separately, the saga over the alleged...

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The CFPB Drops Its Investigation Into Zillow With No Actions
The CFPB Drops Its Investigation Into Zillow With No Actions
June 25, 2018  |  Real Estate

Zillow, the online real estate company, disclosed Monday (June 25) that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dropped a previously disclosed investigation into the company. In...

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