Meta has been hit by a record-breaking fine of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by the European Union, for breaking digital privacy rules by transferring the data of EU citizens to U.S. servers.
A French company has been ordered to cease using Google Analytics as authorities say there is a GDPR "risk" that US intelligence services may access the data.
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has been criticized for not resolving the vast majority of privacy complaints against Apple and other tech companies, delaying rulings in other European Union countries.
Luxembourg's privacy regulator has found Amazon in violation of laws related to privacy and advertising, issued a record $887 million fine.
France's data protection authority is scrutinizing whether Apple's first-party advertising practices comply with privacy regulations in the European Union.
Some voice snippets uploaded by Google Assistant are being reviewed by human contractors, as with Amazon Alexa, and can potentially include sensitive conversations, reports say.
An non-profit organization, noyb, has launched a complaint with the Austrian government against Apple, YouTube, and several other major tech companies, saying they've failed to comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.
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