Meta comes under fire over plan for ‘unskippable ads’
Meta’s latest attempt to swerve data protection laws by replacing its outlawed “pay or consent” subscription service with one that…
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UK court kicks out Meta bid to block £2.3bn class action
Meta’s week has gone from bad to worse; just days after the EU’s top court ruled it must limit the…
Meta GDPR ruling to force adtech industry to limit data
Austrian privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems has scored yet another victory in his long-running battle with tech giant Meta…
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…
Social now top ad channel as brands ignore privacy fears
Social media giants have shrugged off major concerns over their privacy policies – typified by huge fines for Facebook, WhatsApp,…
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…