General Data Protection Regulation

Meta Ordered to Pay $552 Million in Case Alleging GDPR Violations

Meta Ordered to Pay $552 Million in Case Alleging GDPR Violations
Meta Ordered to Pay $552 Million in Case Alleging GDPR Violations
November 20, 2025  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta has reportedly been ordered to pay 479 million euros (about $552 million) after a Spanish court found that the company had violated the European...

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Vance: ‘Authoritarian Censorship’ in EU Could Smother AI
Vance: ‘Authoritarian Censorship’ in EU Could Smother AI
February 11, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Vice President JD Vance has reportedly warned Europeans against overregulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking Tuesday (Feb. 11) in Paris, Vance also dismissed AI content moderation as...

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Italian Authority Fines OpenAI $15.6 Million for Alleged GDPR Violations
Italian Authority Fines OpenAI $15.6 Million for Alleged GDPR Violations
December 20, 2024  |  Legal & Regulation

OpenAI said Friday (Dec. 20) that it will appeal a fine imposed by an Italian authority that alleged that the company violated the European Union’s...

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Dutch Authority Fines Netflix $4.95 Million for Alleged GDPR Violations
Dutch Authority Fines Netflix $4.95 Million for Alleged GDPR Violations
December 18, 2024  |  Legal & Regulation

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) fined Netflix 4.75 million euros (about $4.95 million), saying that between 2018 and 2020, the company did not...

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Data Breaches Are Surging: What That Means for Enterprise LLMs
Data Breaches Are Surging: What That Means for Enterprise LLMs
September 04, 2024  |  Cybersecurity

This has been the year of enterprise artificial intelligence (AI). From healthcare and financial services to government agencies, critical sectors around the globe are embracing...

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X Stops Using Some EU User Posts for AI Training
X Stops Using Some EU User Posts for AI Training
August 08, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Thursday (Aug. 8) that X has agreed to suspend the use of personal data from some users’ public posts...

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Meta’s AI Retreat May Signal EU Regulatory Minefield
Meta’s AI Retreat May Signal EU Regulatory Minefield
July 19, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Facebook parent Meta’s decision to withhold its latest multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) model from the European Union highlights the growing chasm between Silicon Valley innovation...

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Swedish Court Fines Klarna $733,324 for Flaws in Privacy Notice
Swedish Court Fines Klarna $733,324 for Flaws in Privacy Notice
March 11, 2024  |  Legal & Regulation

Klarna has reportedly been fined 7.5 million Swedish crowns ($733,324) after a Swedish court ruled that the company violated the European Union’s (EU) General Data...

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