IRISH DATA REGULATOR
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data
Google received a 403 million euro fine for privacy rule breaches. The European Union's watchdog found Google mishandled user location data unfairly. This investigation examined Google's practices from 2018 until early 2020. Google stated its policies have since been updated and improved significantly. This marks the fourth largest EU privacy fine issued by the Irish regulator.
Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
The lead European Union data privacy regulator for most of the biggest internet companies fined Alphabet's Google search engine €403 following an inquiry into its processing of location data, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Monday.
Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China
"We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that ... shouldn't be bringing it up, and they're bringing up things that won't happen," Trump told reporters during a weekend trip to Ireland. "But whoever wins with AI wins."
Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rules
Meta's AI training tool, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), is reportedly capturing extensive U.S. employee computer usage, including non-U.S. data from communications. This extensive data collection could lead to new European privacy violations under GDPR, as employees express concerns about the tool's scope and impact on their internet usage and sensitive information.
Irish regulator investigates Shein over data transfers to China
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is investigating Shein. The probe focuses on how the Chinese online retailer transfers European user data to China. This inquiry is a strategic priority for the DPC. Shein states it is fully committed to complying with data protection laws. The DPC has previously fined TikTok over similar concerns.
TikTok EU-China data transfers should be allowed during appeal, Irish Supreme court confirms
TikTok can continue transferring data from the EU to China. This decision comes as the company appeals a regulator's order to stop these transfers. The Irish Supreme Court has allowed the transfers to proceed during the appeal process. The regulator had previously fined TikTok over privacy concerns. The court's decision provides a temporary reprieve for the popular video platform.
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EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
An Irish regulator has initiated an investigation into TikTok regarding the transfer of European users' personal data to servers located in China. This action follows a previous fine of 530 million euros imposed on TikTok for similar data transfer issues. The regulator expressed deep concern over TikTok's submission of inaccurate information during the initial investigation.
Irish data regulator opens new inquiry into TikTok over data stored in China
TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was in May fined 530 million euros ($620 million) by the Irish commissioner over the transfer of European user data to China.
Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AI
U.S. President Donald Trump and other members of his administration have criticised EU regulation of U.S. companies and described fines imposed on U.S. tech companies by the EU as a form of taxation. X agreed to stop training its AI systems using personal data collected from EU users before they had the option to withdraw their consent.
Ireland fines Meta $263 million over Facebook hacks
Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been fined €251 million by Irish regulators for a 2018 data breach affecting 29 million users globally, including 3 million in the EU. Hackers exploited a flaw in Facebook's video upload feature to access personal data like email addresses and phone numbers.
Facebook owner hit with 251 million euros in fines for 2018 data breach
The hack exploited three distinct bugs in Facebook's "View As" feature, which allowed users to see how their profiles appeared to others. The attackers took advantage of these vulnerabilities to steal digital keys known as "access tokens" from the accounts of individuals whose profiles appeared in searches using the "View As" feature.
Ireland fines Meta €91 million over EU data breach
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches. The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users' password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue.
X hit with Austrian data use complaint over AI training
The group led by privacy activist Max Schrems announced that it had filed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaints with authorities in nine European Union authorities to ramp up pressure on the Irish data protection authority DPC.
X agrees to not use some EU user data to train AI chatbot
Elon Musk-owned X has said it allows all users to decide if their public posts can be used by the platform's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok. To do so users have to untick a box in their privacy settings to opt out. However Judge Leonie Reynolds said it was clear that X began processing EU users' data to train its AI systems on May 7 and only offered the option to opt out from July 16.
Meta will not launch Meta AI in Europe for now
Meta Platforms postpones Meta AI launch in Europe due to Irish privacy regulator's request on user data from Facebook and Instagram.
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance
Des Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products for data privacy compliance.
Meta's Twitter competitor Threads might not launch in EU: report
Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly not launch its new Twitter competitor "Threads" in Ireland or the European Union (EU) in the foreseeable future.
Microsoft flags over $400 million charge for Irish privacy violation fine on LinkedIn
The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) launched an investigation into the professional networking platform in 2018 over whether its targeted advertising practices violated the European data protection law.
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to US
The social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people whose data was being transfered across the Atlantic, the Irish Data Protection Commission said on Monday.
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to US
The penalty will be higher than the previous record €746 million ($821.20 million) fine for Amazon.com Inc, according to the sources.
Irish data regulator warns against rushing into chatbot bans
'It needs to be regulated and it's about figuring out how to regulate it properly,' Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon told a Bloomberg conference, saying the debate extended to thousands of ChatGPT equivalents.
Irish regulator has month to make order on EU-US Facebook data transfers
EU regulators, led by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon, have been finalising a ban on the legal tool used by Facebook to transfer European user data because of concerns US intelligence agencies could access the information.
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 million
Ireland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram services and said both must reassess the legal basis on how they run advertising based on personal data in the European Union.
'Threat actor' puts 400 million Twitter users’ data up for sale
Going by the username Ryushi, the person posted a sample database of 1,000 users with private information of well-known personalities such as such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Brian Krebs, Vitalik Buterin, Kevin O'Leary, and Donald Trump Jr, as well as the account of India’s information and broadcasting ministry.
Meta cannot run ads based on personal data, rules EU privacy watchdog: source
The Irish data protection agency, which oversees Meta because its European headquarters is located in Dublin, has been given a month to issue a ruling based on the European Data Protection Board's (EDPB) binding decision.
Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405 million euros in teen data case
Ireland's Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($402 million), though the full details won't be released until next week.
Irish regulator moves closer to possible ban on Facebook, Instagram EU-US data flows
Europe's highest court ruled in 2020 that an EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing surveillance concerns. That prompted Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) to issue a provisional order to block the mechanism Meta uses to transfer data.
Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 million
Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues related to whether WhatsApp conformed in 2018 with EU data rules about transparency.
Court allows Irish regulator to proceed with inquiry into Facebook data flows
"For the reasons set out in this judgment, I refuse all of the reliefs sought by FBI (Facebook Ireland) and dismiss the claims made by it in the proceedings," the court said in a judgement.
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