Russia fines Apple for violating data storage law
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia fines Apple for violating data storage law

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Apple 2 million rubles for refusing to store the personal data of Russian users on servers in Russia, part of government efforts to control online activity. In March, a Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram for what it said were “extremist activities.” For years, Russia’s communications regulatory agency, Roskomnadzor, has tried to force large technology companies to move the data of Russian users to servers in Russia. It said an Apple representative argued in court that the collection of data in Russia wasn't handled by Apple Inc. but by a separate entity, Apple Distribution.

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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The fine, which is the equivalent of $20 billion trillion trillion, is the result of four years …

Google and Apple fined in South Korea for violating location data law: Know what happened
6 months, 1 week ago

Google and Apple fined in South Korea for violating location data law: Know what happened

India TV News  

The South Korean units of Google and Apple were among the firms which were fined for allegedly violating a law on location data collection, the telecom regulator said on Wednesday. Google's Korean unit was ordered to pay a fine of 3 million won for allegedly violating a clause on disclosing its policy on location data, as per the details shared …

Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users

The Hindu  

A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users, the latest in a series of fines on the U.S. tech giant amid tensions between the Kremlin and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court fined Google 15 million rubles after the company repeatedly refused to …

Google fined $164,000 for failing to store users’ data on servers in Russia
1 year, 1 month ago

Google fined $164,000 for failing to store users’ data on servers in Russia

Live Mint  

A Russian court on Tuesday imposed a fine of 15 million roubles on Alphabet-owned Google for refusal to store Russian users’ data on servers in Russia. A magistrate at Moscow's Tagansky district court imposed the fine on Google after the IT company repeatedly refused to store personal data on Russian citizens in Russia. Earlier, Google was fined over the same …

Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia fines Google $32,000 for videos about the conflict in Ukraine

The Hindu  

A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble fine on Google for failing to delete allegedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine. According to Russian news reports, the court found that the YouTube video service, which is owned by Google, was guilty of not deleting videos with incorrect information about the conflict — which Russia characterises as a “special …

Russia fines Wikipedia, Apple for spreading 'false information' about Ukraine conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia fines Wikipedia, Apple for spreading 'false information' about Ukraine conflict

India TV News  

Apple and a host of Wikipedia were imposed fines on by a Russian court for allegedly failing to remove material deemed to be “false information” about Russia's military actions in Ukraine. The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 3 million rubles for retaining material on Russian-language Wikipedia pages, which allegedly violated a law against discrediting Russia's military and spreading false information about …

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned content

The Hindu  

A Russian court on June 1 fined messenger service WhatsApp 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content, its first fine in Russia for that offence. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app — which is widely popular in Russia — has not previously faced penalties for …

Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to U.S.
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to U.S.

The Hindu  

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine on May 22 and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decade long case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears. The penalty fine of €1.2 billion euros from Ireland's Data Protection Commission is the biggest since the EU's strict …

Facebook parent Meta hit with record $1.3-billion fine by EU over data privacy
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook parent Meta hit with record $1.3-billion fine by EU over data privacy

LA Times  

The European Union has imposed a record $1.3-billion privacy fine on Meta over the transfer of user data across the Atlantic. The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3-billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decade-long case sparked by U.S. cyber-snooping fears. Ireland’s …

Apple should face a 6 million euro fine, says advisory group to the French privacy watchdog
2 years ago

Apple should face a 6 million euro fine, says advisory group to the French privacy watchdog

Firstpost  

Apple has been accused of knowingly violating EU’s data privacy laws. The top adviser to the French data protection authority CNIL’s sanction body recommended on Monday that Apple should be fined 6 million Euros. In the complaint, the lobby, which represents the bulk of France’s digital entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, alleged that iPhone maker Apple’s former operating software, iOS 14, …

Amazon faces fines of up to $200,000 in Russia over banned content
2 years, 2 months ago

Amazon faces fines of up to $200,000 in Russia over banned content

The Hindu  

Amazon.com Inc. faces fines of up to 12 million roubles in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, news agencies reported on Tuesday, in what would be a first penalty of this kind for the U.S. tech giant. TASS quoted a Moscow court as saying that two cases had been drawn up against Amazon, both pertaining to a …

Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage

The Hindu  

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had opened administrative cases against Alphabet Inc's Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violations of personal data legislation. Moscow has clashed with Big Tech over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that has erupted into a full-on information battle since Russia sent tens of thousands …

Russian users sue Apple after payment service pulled
2 years, 7 months ago

Russian users sue Apple after payment service pulled

The Hindu  

A Russian law firm on Friday said it had filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Apple seeking 90 million roubles in damages for consumers affected by Apple withdrawing its payment service fromRussia. Law firm Chernyshov, Lukoyanov & Partners said Apple had violated Russian consumers' rights after the company restricted the use of its built-in Apple Pay service on March …

War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls
2 years, 9 months ago

War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall. U.S.-based Cogent, which provides a major “backbone” for internet traffic, has cut direct connections inside Russia but left open the pipes through subsidiaries of Russian network providers at exchanges …

Russian court fines Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google
3 years ago

Russian court fines Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google

Al Jazeera  

A Moscow court has said it was imposing a fine on Alphabet’s Google $98m for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the first revenue-based penalty of its kind in Russia. Russia’s communication watchdog Roskomnadzor said that Facebook and Instagram failed to remove 2,000 pieces that violate Russian laws whereas Google keeps 2,600 pieces …

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content
3 years ago

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

The Hindu  

Facebook has paid 17 million roubles in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported on Sunday, but with the threat of a potentially larger fine looming. Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet's Google, faces a court case next week for suspected repeated violations of Russian legislation on content and could …

Russia fines Twitter, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok over banned content
3 years ago

Russia fines Twitter, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok over banned content

The Hindu  

Russia fined Twitter, Facebook owner Meta Platforms and TikTok on Thursday for failing to delete content the government deems illegal, a Moscow court said, the latest in a string of penalties against foreign technology firms. Moscow's Tagansky District Court said Meta Platforms had been fined a total of 13 million roubles in three separate administrative cases for not deleting content. …

Italy's antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use
3 years ago

Italy's antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use

The Hindu  

Italy's antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet's Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros each for "aggressive practices" linked to the commercial use of user data. The authority said in statement the two tech groups did not provide "clear and immediate information" on how they collect and use the data of those who access their services. "We provide industry-leading transparency …

Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app
3 years, 3 months ago

Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app

The Hindu  

Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world's most successful companies are more comfortable bowing to undemocratic edicts …

Kremlin foes accuse Google and Apple of bowing to censorship
3 years, 3 months ago

Kremlin foes accuse Google and Apple of bowing to censorship

The Hindu  

Opposition activists in Russia accused Alphabet's Google and Apple of caving in to Kremlin pressure on Friday after they removed an anti-government tactical voting app from their stores on the first day of a parliamentary election. The app, devised by allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, gives people detailed recommendations on who to vote for in an effort to …

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content
3 years, 3 months ago

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content

The Hindu  

A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined U.S. social media giants Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content that Moscow deems illegal, part of a wider crackdown on the internet and Big Tech. The Tagansky district court said Facebook had been handed five fines totalling 21 million roubles. Twitter received two fines of a total 5 million …

Russia fines Google for not removing illegal content
3 years, 4 months ago

Russia fines Google for not removing illegal content

The Hindu  

A Moscow court on August 19 again fined Google for failing to remove banned content as foreign tech giants face mounting pressure in Russia. In recent months, Russia has been taking legal action against foreign tech companies for not deleting content banned by the authorities, including pornographic material or posts deemed extremist or condoning drugs or suicide. On Thursday, the …

Russia fines Google 3 mln rbls for violating personal data law
3 years, 4 months ago

Russia fines Google 3 mln rbls for violating personal data law

The Hindu  

Russia on Thursday fined Google 3 million roubles for violating personal data legislation, Google's first fine for that offence, Moscow's Tagansky District Court said. The penalty comes amid a wider standoff between Russia and Big Tech, with Moscow routinely fining social media giants for failing to remove banned content and seeking to compel foreign tech firms to open offices in …

Russia fines Google, Facebook for not deleting banned content
3 years, 6 months ago

Russia fines Google, Facebook for not deleting banned content

India Today  

Google and Facebook were fined in Russia by the government for not deleting banned content from their platforms. Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor had given Google twenty-four hours to delete the prohibited content. The Russian authorities alleged that the social media companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google are hosting content encouraging young children to participate in the protests. On average, from …

Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content
3 years, 7 months ago

Russia gives Google one day to delete banned content

The Hindu  

Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content or be fined and said Moscow could eventually slow down the company's traffic in the country. Russia has already placed a punitive slowdown on U.S. social network Twitter for not deleting banned content, part of a push by Moscow to rein in Western tech …

Russia fines Apple $12 mln for alleged app market abuse
3 years, 7 months ago

Russia fines Apple $12 mln for alleged app market abuse

The Hindu  

Russia said it had fined Apple $12 million for alleged abuse of its dominance in the mobile applications market, in the latest dispute between Moscow and a Western technology firm. The Federal Anti-monopoly Service said on Tuesday that U.S. tech giant Apple's distribution of apps through its iOS operating system gave its own products a competitive advantage. That move followed …

Kremlin Clears Way to Block Facebook, YouTube for 'Censorship' of Russian Media's Content
4 years ago

Kremlin Clears Way to Block Facebook, YouTube for 'Censorship' of Russian Media's Content

News 18  

Russian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to allowing regulators to block internet platforms like Facebook and YouTube if they are deemed to have censored content produced by Russians. The lower house State Duma added that internet websites could also be sanctioned “in the event of discrimination against the content of Russian media”. In an explanatory note attached to …

Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection
4 years ago

Agency homing in on social media companies’ data collection

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’ personal data and how their practices affect children and teens. With its new request, the FTC wants to know how social media and video streaming services collect, use and track consumers’ personal …

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