investigations

EU Court Rules Facebook Must Store Data In ‘Virtual Data Room’
EU Court Rules Facebook Must Store Data In ‘Virtual Data Room’
October 29, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The European Union’s (EU) second-highest court ruled that Facebook can’t be forced to turn over sensitive information without a review. Instead of handing everything over,...

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Tech Roundup: As Antitrust Cases Spread, Google Faces World of Trouble
Tech Roundup: As Antitrust Cases Spread, Google Faces World of Trouble
October 22, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

To say that Google is facing a world of trouble would not be an overstatement these days, as the tech giant is facing antitrust probes around the...

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U.S. Department of Justice Hits Google With Antitrust Lawsuit
U.S. Department of Justice Hits Google With Antitrust Lawsuit
October 20, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is filing an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google for reportedly monopolizing search and ad markets, according to a Wall...

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EU Competition Watchdog Eyes Changes To Speed Up Amazon Probe
EU Competition Watchdog Eyes Changes To Speed Up Amazon Probe
October 14, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon faces what could be a major shift in direction in the now more than year-long investigation into the online shopping and tech giant by...

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Indian Entrepreneur BR Shetty Fingers Former CEOs Amid Scandal
Indian Entrepreneur BR Shetty Fingers Former CEOs Amid Scandal
October 12, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

BR Shetty, the embattled Indian FinTech and healthcare entrepreneur, is calling for an investigation of two of his former CEOs amid a financial scandal that...

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HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts
HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts
September 21, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

The 233,000 worldwide employees of HSBC Holdings Plc were ordered on Monday (Sept. 21) to stay off the bank’s social media sites after a report...

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Facebook Threatens EU Pullout
Facebook Threatens EU Pullout
September 21, 2020  |  Facebook / Meta

In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial...

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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ Use Of AI And Machine Learning Effective In KYC/AML
FinCEN Files Show Banks’ Use Of AI And Machine Learning Effective In KYC/AML
September 21, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

Gross negligence – or evidence of a battle waged by banks that requires new, high-tech weaponry? To that end, and as reported by BuzzFeed, documents...

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SaaS Firm NS8 CEO Resigns; Layoffs, SEC Investigation Follow
SaaS Firm NS8 CEO Resigns; Layoffs, SEC Investigation Follow
September 11, 2020  |  Personnel

NS8, a Las Vegas-based online fraud prevention and detection software maker for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has begun layoffs following the abrupt resignation of...

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