Amazon fined €746M for violating privacy laws

Amazon has been fined a record-breaking €746 million for allegedly violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the way it conducts targeted behavioral advertising.   Luxembourg’s Commission nationale pour…

Tech giants threaten to leave Hong Kong over data-protection laws

Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have threatened the Hong Kong government that if authorities proceed with new data-protection laws that may hold them accountable for the harmful…

Didi Chuxing app removed from App stores in China

Didi Chuxing, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing firms, has had its app blocked by Chinese regulators due to privacy concerns.   Over the weekend, a regulator from China’s Cyberspace…