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Google fined €50 million for French privacy violations
French data privacy regulator CNIL has fined Google €50 million (£44 million) for failing to provide adequate and comprehensible information to users about their personal data and online activities are collected and tracked (The Register).
In a separate case brought by data privacy group NOYB Other major internet firms including Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Spotify are accused of failing to honour their GDPR obligations of providing users with all their data in a complete and human-readable form, while further GDPR complaints have been filed against Google over its location tracking practices
Russia takes Facebook and Twitter to court
Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor has opened legal proceedings to fine Facebook and Twitter because they have failed to comply with a law that requires all servers that store Russian users' personal data to be physically located in Russia (WIRED). Russia has had difficulty enforcing the 2015 law, with its options including comparatively small fines and technically challenging attempts to block non-compliant services that have proved largely unworkable.
Sony HQ to relocate to the Netherlands due to Brexit
Sony is to become the latest major tech firm to relocate its headquarters outside the UK as a result of Brexit, documents seen by The Telegraph have revealed (The Inquirer). The company's key motivation reportedly stems from the potential uncertainty of a no-deal Brexit and, it is believed, the potential for Japan's government to declare the UK a tax haven and impose punitive levys on any firm with a headquarters there.
The complicated truth about China's social credit system
China's social credit system has been compared to Black Mirror, Big Brother and every other dystopian future sci-fi writers can think up (WIRED). The reality is more complicated — and in some ways, worse.
Donkey Kong livestream raises over £260,000 for UK trans support charity
A marathon Twitch livestream of Donkey Kong 64 by Harry 'Hbomberguy' Brewis has raised over £260,000 for Mermaids, a UK charity that provides counselling and support for trans, non-binary and gender questioning youth and their families (Rock, Paper, Shotgun). The charity has been put at risk of having its National Lottery funding revoked following a virulent hate campaign spearheaded on Twitter by The IT Crowd and Father Ted writer Graham Linehan.
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