All Technology articles – Page 17
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ArticleMeta fined $274M under GDPR for data scraping breach
Meta Platforms Ireland was fined €265 million (U.S. $274 million) for failing to put in place adequate measures to protect users’ data after a leak compromised the personal details of more than half a billion individuals.
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ArticleUnisys: Probe identified ‘material weaknesses’ in disclosure controls
IT services company Unisys Corp. revealed the discovery of faults in its internal control over financial reporting, including involving its compliance functions, following an internal investigation it first disclosed earlier this month.
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ArticlePrivacy advocate sues Meta over targeted ad GDPR violation claims
A privacy and human rights advocate sued Meta Platforms in the United Kingdom, claiming the social media giant is refusing her request to stop being targeted with advertising based on her use of Facebook.
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ArticleElizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11-plus years in prison
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday after being convicted of fraud earlier this year for her actions as head of the defunct blood-testing company.
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ArticleDiscord fined $830K for GDPR lapses
Discord, a popular communication service primarily utilized by the video game community, was assessed a fine of €800,000 (U.S. $829,000) by the French data protection authority for multiple violations of the General Data Protection Regulation related to safeguarding user data.
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ArticleGoogle to pay record $391.5M in settlement with states over location tracking
Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle charges it misled millions of users regarding a setting that tracked location data without their knowledge, according to an agreement the company reached with a coalition of 40 state attorneys general.
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ArticleModMed settles FCA, kickback allegations with DOJ for $45M
Modernizing Medicine paid $45 million to settle false claims allegations levied by the Department of Justice it received kickbacks and made improper payments to providers to increase its business.
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ArticleChegg avoids fine in deal with FTC over cybersecurity lapses
The Federal Trade Commission ordered education technology provider Chegg to fix problems and weaknesses with its cybersecurity program that led to the exposure of personal and financial data of 40 million customers and employees in four data breaches since 2017.
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ArticleHoneywell to pay $3.4M for alleged bulletproof vest false claims
Multinational conglomerate Honeywell International agreed to pay $3.35 million to settle allegations it sold defective material for bulletproof vests used by local, state, and tribal police departments.
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ArticleGoogle agrees to legal compliance monitor under novel DOJ settlement
Google reached a first-of-its-kind settlement with the Department of Justice requiring the tech giant to hire an outside compliance expert and overhaul its legal compliance process.
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ArticleFive companies lose board members in DOJ antitrust sweep
Seven members of corporate boards resigned after the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice flagged their situations as potential violations of the Clayton Act.
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ArticleFrench DPA latest to fine Clearview AI over GDPR violations
France’s CNIL became the fourth European data protection authority this year to fine Clearview AI over its controversial facial image aggregation practices, matching a pair of its counterparts with a €20 million (U.S. $19.6 million) penalty.
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ArticleUber CSO ruling fallout: Individual liability extends to data breach response
The case of the Uber chief security officer found guilty by a jury on two felonies for covering up a data breach and misleading federal regulators opens up another potential individual liability issue executives handling cyber incidents face, according to legal experts.
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Intel appoints chief compliance officer
Technology giant Intel Corp. promoted Carol Tate to vice president and chief compliance officer.
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ArticleSEC order against recidivist Oracle skirts the issue
The most notable and relevant details in settlement agreements concerning regulatory compliance violations are often what is not stated. The SEC’s cease-and-desist order against Oracle over violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is no exception.
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ArticleU.S., U.K. improve anti-corruption coordination with data access agreement
A new agreement will allow law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom and United States to gain better access to data held by tech and telecommunications firms from the other’s country as part of evidence gathering for complex white-collar crimes.
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ArticleState Street recruits global CCO from Google
State Street Corp. hired Yvette Hollingsworth Clark to be its global chief compliance officer and executive vice president. Hollingsworth Clark joins from Google, where she served as head of compliance for the consumer trust business.
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ArticleU.S. includes surveillance concessions in new transatlantic data flow framework
President Joe Biden’s executive order on a data privacy framework aims to provide a workable, legally resilient solution for companies to continue moving and storing the personal data of EU-based citizens to American-based servers without running afoul of the GDPR.
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ArticleSamsung facing class action alleging CCPA violations over data breaches
Samsung collected too much personal data from customers and failed to adequately secure it, leading to two data breaches this year and potentially millions of harmed individuals, a class-action lawsuit alleges.
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ArticleTango Card to pay $116K for e-gift card sanction violations
Tango Card, a supplier and distributor of electronic rewards, agreed to pay approximately $116,000 as part of a settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control for apparent sanctions violations related to its issuance of e-gift cards.