Here you will find all the articles with the tag: penance.
Last October Facebook was fined half a million pounds by the British Information Commissioners Office (ICO). That was the highest fine it could impose at the time. Now it appears that Facebook is appealing against this. Mark Zuckerberg's social network was fined for his role in the Cambridge Analyti... Read more
5 years ago
The UK privacy watchdog has fined Facebook £500,000 for how it has dealt with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This leaves a decision from July, which was challenged by the social network. The fine is more symbolic than anything else. After all, half a million dollars does not impress the quarter... Read more
5 years ago
The Italian competition authority fined Apple and Samsung €5 million each. This was after complaints came in about software updates from the two smartphone manufacturers. The updates make smartphones slower and that should not be possible according to the competition authority. Apple will also... Read more
6 years ago
Google recently received a billion-dollar fine from the European Union for abuse of power through the Android mobile operating system. The company is now implementing a number of measures in which it says it is meeting the EU's requirements. From now on, manufacturers who sell their devices in the E... Read more
6 years ago
Google is appealing against the €4.34 billion fine imposed on it by the European Union. According to the EU, the company has misused the popular mobile operating system Android to harm competition. Google does not agree with this analysis and therefore appeals. This is reported by Reuters on t... Read more
6 years ago
Heathrow Airport Limited has been fined £120,000 (€140,000). The company behind the airport in London has not paid enough attention to data protection. A USB stick with personnel data was lost. The fine was imposed by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) for a serious violation of the... Read more
6 years ago
