Ad Tracking Company, Criteo, Could Be Hit With €60 Million Fine for GDPR Violations Drew Wilson | August 5, 2022 Criteo, an ad tech company that tracks users activity, has been hit with a proposed €60 Million fine for GDPR violations.
Facebook Mulls Purging News Links from It’s Main Feed, Stop Paying Link Taxes Drew Wilson | July 8, 2022 It seems that the cost of paying for news links has gotten way too high for Facebook, and removing news links is now an option.
French Regulators to Hit Google, Facebook With €210 Million e-Privacy Fines Drew Wilson | January 10, 2022 Google and Facebook are about to get slapped with even more fines from French regulators, CNIL. This under the e-Privacy laws.
Google Fined €500 Million For Not Negotiating Link Tax in Good Faith in France Drew Wilson | July 26, 2021 French regulators have fined Google €500 Million for failing to negotiate the link tax payments in good faith.
NSO Group Malware Targeted French President, Mexico President’s Inner Circle Drew Wilson | July 20, 2021 NSO Group’s Project Pegasus apparently targeted the French president as well as Mexico’s presidential inner circle.
Germany Opposes COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver, France Flip-Flops, Canada Considers Drew Wilson | May 7, 2021 Other countries are reacting to the US backing efforts to implement a patent waiver. Some countries are also backing this move.
French Privacy Regulator Fines Google €100 Million, Amazon €35 Million Drew Wilson | December 13, 2020 French privacy watchdog, CNIL, has fined Google a record breaking 100 million euros. It also fined Amazon 35 million euros.
Google Caves to Regulators, Will Pay Link Tax to Publishers Drew Wilson | July 17, 2020 The link tax got a major boost recently. Google is backing down from regulatory pressure and is agreeing to pay the link tax.
French Link Tax Decision Sparks Media Interest In Canada Drew Wilson | April 18, 2020 Reverberations from the French decision to compel Google to provide snippets on their news service and pay for it is generating media interest in Canada.
French Regulators Compel Google to Post News Snippets in Link Tax Battle Drew Wilson | April 16, 2020 The battle over the European Link Tax is reaching bizarre levels. Regulators said that Google must use snippets in their news service.