March 16th, 2019
The EU's anti-trust regulator is to slap tech giant Google with a new
fine over unfair competition practices, sources told AFP on March 15.
Brussels has targeted the Silicon Valley firm's AdSense advertising
service, saying it restricts some client websites from displaying ads
from third parties.
The decision in the long-running...
May 26th, 2018Its just been a few hours when European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect and now a news has surfaced that Google and Facebook have been hit with privacy complaints that could carry fines of up to $9.3 billion in total.
Austrian privacy-advocacy group Noyb.eu has said that with regard to privacy,...
January 20th, 2018The search engine giant, Google Inc is set for its first battle in a London court over the "right to be forgotten" in two cases. This is the first time that the court in England will be dealing with the matter of Google's personal privacy and public interest.
The case is filed by two businessmen (anonymous) who want the search engine...
December 5th, 2017American multinational tech giant company Apple Inc has agreed to pay over $15 billion to Ireland in back taxes in 2018.
Apple and Ireland agreed to the terms of an escrow fund for the money, said Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, according to the source Wall Street Journal.
The EU had earlier launched a fresh crackdown back...
November 15th, 2017Russian Twitter accounts posted almost 45,000 messages about Brexit in the 48 hours around last year’s referendum in an attempt to sow discord during the vote on whether to leave the European Union, the Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Times cited research from an upcoming paper by data scientists at Swansea University and...
