Collaborate Disseminate
The FTC initially wanted a fine worth tens of billions, plus potential jail time for execs. Continue reading Facebook gets its wrist slapped $5b for fumbling our data, confirms FTC
The FTC has levied its biggest fine ever against the social network, but it’s unlikely to have much effect. Continue reading Privacy Experts: Facebook’s $5B Fine Unlikely to Do Much
The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine. Continue reading GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott
The data breach fine against Marriott by the Information Commissioner’s Office comes a day after British Airways was also penalized. Continue reading Marriott Hit With $123M Fine For Massive 2018 Data Breach
It’s already gotten hit with the biggest-ever US child privacy fine, and now it might be facing a fine for GDPR violations. Continue reading TikTok investigated (again) over how it handles children’s data and safety
The company behind the gay dating app left users’ private photos online for a year in spite of knowing about the security bugs.
Continue reading Dating app Jack’d fined $240K for leaving private photos up for a year
The French Data Protection Authority (DPA) found a lack of transparency when it comes to how Google harvests and uses personal data for ad-targeting purposes. Continue reading Google Fined $57M in Largest GDPR Slap Yet
Italy’s regulator found the social giant guilty of misleading consumers as to what it does with their data. Continue reading Facebook Fined $11.3M for Privacy Violations
They said Facebook emphasizes the service being free, not that it’s making big bucks off users’ data. They ordered the company to apologize. Continue reading Facebook fined $11m for misleading users about how data will be used
It’s Germany’s first GDPR fine, for an incident that affected millions of accounts. Continue reading Knuddels Flirt App Slapped with Hefty Fine After Data Breach