Meta caves in with new restrictions on targeting teens
Meta has bowed to mounting pressure over how advertisers can target youngsters on both Facebook and Instagram, with new measures…
Meta the villain again as consent for ads is ruled illegal
Meta has been hit with its fifth – and potentially most damaging – GDPR ruling, which will force the company…
Meta faces mega fine as ad policy is declared illegal
Meta is facing a major threat to its advertising model – as well as a mega fine – after European…
Meta GDPR fines near €1bn as Irish DPC strikes again
The Irish Data Protection Commission is finally starting to answer its critics after issuing a fourth fine – of €265m…
Meta faces High Court action to block data profiling
Facebook-owner Meta is facing a showdown in the High Court over how it collects users’ personal profiling data to target…
FCA on alert as big tech firms expand financial services
City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is launching a consultation on the potential harms – and benefits – of Amazon,…
WhatsApp pushes privacy features in new global blitz
WhatsApp is launching a new UK marketing campaign film as part of a global push which aims to take the…
Facebook whistleblower tip of iceberg, ICO data shows
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is far from alone in exposing potentially illegal data practices of her employer, with the UK’s…
Irish slap Meta with €17m GDPR fine but critics remain
The Irish data watchdog is trying to prove it is a regulatory Rottweiler by slapping Facebook parent Meta with a…
Google and Meta face mega fines in ad price fix probe
Google and Facebook parent Meta are facing a pan-European probe into alleged anti-competitive conduct in their online display advertising services…