- Security
- By George Dascalu
- August 31st, 2021
Legal Consequences Possible by Cybersecurity Standards Non-Compliance
In addition to losing business, companies now risk being fined for failing to comply with cybersecurity rules
- Security
- By George Dascalu
- August 2nd, 2021
Amazon Fined $886M for Alleged Data Breach
Amazon claims that the CNPD's decision is improper
- Web / Internet Life
- By Bogdan Popa
- February 15th, 2021
Google Fined for the Way It Displayed Hotel Ratings in France
The investigation kicked off back in 2019 in the country
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 27th, 2018
Uber Gets Over $1 Million Fine for Not Telling Clients, Watchdogs of Data Breach
Data breach exposed customers and drivers personal data
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 26th, 2018
Knuddels.de Gets €20,000 Fine for Storing and Leaking Plain Text Passwords
More than 1.8 million accounts and 808K emails leaked
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 26th, 2018
Companies Get £250,000 Fine From ICO for Almost 2 Million Unsolicited Calls
Nuisance calls were made to numbers registered with the TPS
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 25th, 2018
Facebook Gets £500,000 Fine from ICO for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
The fine is the maximum allowed by the law
- Mobile World
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 24th, 2018
Apple Gets €10 Million Fine for 'Planned Obsolescence', Samsung €5 Million
Also asked to publish official statements on their sites
- Technology & Gadgets
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- September 28th, 2018
FCC Slaps Telemarketer with $82 Million Fine for Spoofed Calls
Robocaller made 21 million calls in 3 months
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 19th, 2017
Facebook Fined €110 Million for Misleading Information on WhatsApp Merger
Facebook can now access WhatsApp user data after it said this couldn't be done during the merger review in 2014
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 16th, 2017
Facebook Gets Fined by French Authorities for Collecting User Data
The fine is of 150,000 euros, a mere slap on the wrist
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Vaidos
- December 28th, 2016
Qualcomm Gets Record Fine for Unfair Practices in South Korea
The company is accused of violating antitrust laws
- Google News
- By Alexandra Vaidos
- December 21st, 2016
Employee Sues Google over Internal “Spying Program”
Google is accused of breaching California labor laws
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Vaidos
- October 1st, 2016
EU May Fine Google for Anti-Competitive Practices on Android
Regulators might fine Alphabet, Google's parent company
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Vaidos
- July 19th, 2016
Judge in Brazil Bans WhatsApp Indefinitely and Fines the Company Update
It's the third time WhatsApp is banned in Brazil
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 27th, 2016
UK Government Recommends Cutting CEO Salaries in Case of Cyber Incidents
Days before Brexit, the UK reached some good conclusions
- Mobile Blog
- By Alexandra Arici
- March 18th, 2015
FCC Fines Verizon with $3.4M for Failing to Inform Authorities of Major 911 Outage
Verizon found responsible for the April 2014 outage