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India orders Meta to curb WhatsApp data sharing, levies $25M fine | TechCrunch

November 26, 2024 10:01 PM0


India’s competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units for advertising purposes for five years and also levied a fine of $25.4 million for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 privacy policy. The Competition Commission of India, which began the investigation in 2021, found that WhatsApp’s “take-it-or-leave-it” privacy […]

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Italian food delivery app Foodinho eats another privacy fine | TechCrunch

November 22, 2024 11:13 PM0


Not for the first time, food delivery firm Foodinho has been spanked by Italy’s privacy watchdog. Per Reuters, the Glovo-owned on-demand delivery app has been fined €5 million ($5.20 million) after it was found to have unlawfully processed the data of more than 35,000 riders registered on the platform. Issues identified included riders’ geolocation data […]

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Meta slapped with a €798M fine in Europe over anticompetitive Marketplace practices | TechCrunch

November 21, 2024 8:28 AM0


Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been hit with yet another huge regulatory fine in Europe, this time over abusive practices related to Facebook Marketplace. The European Commission announced that it would fine Meta €797.72 million — nearly $840 million — for breaching EU antitrust rules connected to how it ties its […]

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GM's Cruise to pay $500,000 fine to DOJ, admits submitting false report | TechCrunch

November 15, 2024 7:40 PM0


Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has admitted to submitting a false report with the goal of influencing a federal investigation into a safety incident last year. In penance, the company will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, per the Department of Justice (DOJ).  This is one […]

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'Hawk Tuah' girl launches Pookie Tool, an AI-powered dating advice app, and it's fine? | TechCrunch

November 15, 2024 2:10 AM0


Haliey Welch, the 22-year-old who went viral for her “Hawk Tuah” video, has managed to turn her brief moment of fame into a full-fledged career. In just a few months, Welch has rapidly risen to fame, amassing around 5 million followers across various social media platforms.  After recently releasing her own podcast titled “Talk Tuah,” […]

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Ford will pay up to $165M fine for rearview camera recall failures | TechCrunch

November 15, 2024 1:45 AM0


Ford has agreed to pay a $165 million penalty to federal regulators after moving too slowly to recall vehicles with faulty rearview cameras.  This is the second largest fine the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has handed out in its 54-year history, after the 2019 Takata airbag recalls.  Ford also failed to provide accurate […]

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Intel's $1.45 billion EU antitrust fine is officially history | TechCrunch

October 24, 2024 2:28 PM0


A €1.06 billion EU antitrust penalty on chipmaker Intel for abuse of dominance dating back to 2009 (when it was equivalent to $1.45 billion) has been consigned to the history books after the bloc’s top court rejected the Commission’s appeal against a 2022 lower court ruling that annulled the sanction. “The Court of Justice dismisses […]

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