- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Adrianne Appel2023-04-04T20:12:00
Social media platform TikTok was fined 12.7 million pounds (U.S. $15.9 million) by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for using the personal data of children without parental consent and other violations of data protection mandates.
The ICO accused TikTok of violating the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires companies obtain permission from parents before using the personal data of children under the age of 13.
The company did not seek parental consent before using children’s data between May 2018 and July 2020, the ICO said in a press release Tuesday.
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2024-08-13T20:35:00Z By Neil Hodge
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office proposed a 6.1 million pound (U.S. $7.8 million) fine against Advanced Computer Software Group, an IT contractor for the National Health Service that allegedly failed to secure the data of 83,000 people after a cyberattack.
2024-03-25T13:36:00Z By Neil Hodge
The Information Commissioner’s Office updated its data protection fining guidance to provide companies with greater transparency and clarity about how and why it would issue penalties for a breach of the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation or Data Protection Act 2018.
2023-09-15T17:50:00Z By Jeff Dale
The Irish Data Protection Commission announced a penalty of €345 million (U.S. $368 million) against popular social media company TikTok over alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation during a five-month period in 2020.
2025-03-27T13:11:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued penalties against PwC and a former auditor over deficiencies on work related to the 2019 financial statements of now shuttered Wyelands Bank.
2025-03-27T12:49:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.
2025-03-26T18:48:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The European Commission released its preliminary findings last week regarding Apple and Google not complying with the Digital Markets Act. It issued orders to both companies regarding their business practice and plans to release all of its findings next week.
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