Irish regulator readies draft choices in first big tech privateness probes

The primary draft choices by way of Eire's information privateness regulator on probes int...
The first draft decisions by Ireland's data privacy regulator on probes int...

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  1. "Alphabet unit Google has offered not to use fitness tracker company Fitbit's health data to help it target ads in a bid to address EU antitrust concerns about the $2.1 billion deal, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday". (July 13, 2020)
  2. "Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was rolling out a feature that would allow users to broadcast live a video call with up to 50 people". (July 23, 2020)
  3. "Facebook Inc has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and some of its decisions were setbacks for civil rights, according to an independent audit commissioned by the company, the New York Times reported". (July 8, 2020)
  4. "HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google , Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies , to help accelerate its development of 5G devices". (August 11, 2020)
  5. "Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit Inc because of privacy and competition concerns". (July 2, 2020)
  6. "Alphabet Inc's Google will stop responding directly to data requests from Hong Kong authorities, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter". (August 14, 2020)
  7. "Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems on Thursday welcomed a decision by the European Union's top court in his case against Facebook, saying the legal basis for more then 5,000 U.S. companies that use an EU tool to transfer Europeans' personal data to the United States for commercial use has been annulled". (July 16, 2020)
  8. "UK's Competition and Markets Authority:". (July 1, 2020)
  9. "Google urged the European Commission on Thursday to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to the tech industry in its forthcoming Digital Services Act". (September 3, 2020)
  10. "Facebook confirmed on Thursday that chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed earlier this week at a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigative hearing as part of the government's antitrust probe into the social media company". (August 20, 2020)
  11. "Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland's preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be sought". (August 20, 2020)
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