Fresh encryption warning as Meta fines now top €2bn
The Irish Data Protection Commission has sent out a warning to all online firms over how they store passwords after…
Meta ‘pay or consent’ flayed again in new EU judgment
Brussels chiefs appear to have hammered the final nail in the coffin for Meta’s controversial “pay or consent” subscription service,…
Mass GDPR complaints force Meta to pause AI data grab
Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has secured yet another victory against Facebook owner Meta, after the tech giant has paused…
Meta’s mega AI data grab sparks mass GDPR complaint
Meta’s plans to exploit years of personal posts, private images or online tracking data on its sites to build a…
Brussels blows ‘pay or consent’ models out of the water
The European Data Protection Board has issued a damning opinion on the “consent or pay” models deployed by large online…
Decision imminent on legality of Meta’s ‘pay or consent’
The European Data Protection Board – which is made up of all of the EU’s data privacy chiefs – is…
Critics round on Meta for subscription price drop offer
Meta’s proposal to drop the price of its subscription service in the EU – which sees Facebook and Instagram users…
Meta hit by double whammy over ‘illegal’ data practices
Meta is facing a double data protection showdown on both sides of the English Channel with EU chiefs being urged…
Short-form video ads to hit $145bn as brands splash out
Short-form videos might have been popularised by influencers on TikTok and then replicated on YouTube and Instagram but it seems…
Meta ad-free service faces data protection showdown
Meta’s ad-free subscription service for Facebook and Instagram is not only illegal – and pitiful – it takes data protection…