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TikTok to Receive €530 Million Fine Over EU Data Storage, Data Transfers to China

May 12, 2025

A case of what TikTok says was the mistaken storage of EU data on a server in China appears to be concluding with a €530 million fine for the video giant, under charges of violating Article 46(1) of the GDPR and its requirement to "verify, guarantee and demonstrate" that its data transfers were kept adequately secure.

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Data Privacy News

TikTok Troubles Continue: Report Reveals It Used a Banned User Tracking Technique on Android Phones

August 26, 2020

TikTok was dealt another blow when it was discovered to have been engaging in undisclosed user tracking in the Android version of its app.

Data Privacy News

TikTok Troubles Grow as French Privacy Regulator CNIL Opens Investigation

August 19, 2020

It's fair to say that TikTok is having an even rougher 2020 than most companies with French privacy regulator CNIL opening a probe into parent company ByteDance's operations.

Data Protection News

TikTok’s New Data Center in Dublin Goes Live as Part of “Project Clover” EU Privacy Program

September 12, 2023

The opening of the Irish data center is part of the final stage of a EU privacy plan TikTok kicked off in mid-2021, seeking to address user data security concerns and the legal status of its international data transfers.

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Data Privacy News

Tim Berners-Lee Launches New ‘Contract for the Web’ to Create a Better Internet

December 6, 2019

Contract for the Web wants to create a better internet at a time when huge corporations are failing to respect privacy, governments can no longer be counted on to provide affordable and accessible Internet, and citizens are no longer interested promoting civil discourse.

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Data Privacy News

Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

January 26, 2024

Today, data flows have become infinitely more complex in what has come to be known as surveillance capitalism. The challenge is how to future proof privacy legislation, learning the lesson of what worked with credit reporting laws as well as other more recent measures.

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Cyber Security News

Time to Turn on That Instagram Two-Factor Authentication

September 6, 2017

With six million Instagram accounts hacked, are passwords now a liability and is it time to turn on that Instagram two-factor authentication?

Data Privacy News

Timeline for Google Privacy Sandbox Deprecation of Third-Party Cookies Shapes up as Online Advertising Braces for Another Impact

May 31, 2023

Google has made the timeline for the Privacy Sandbox deprecation of third-party cookies more clear, saying that 1% of Chrome users will be switched to the new online advertising system in the first quarter of 2024.

Webpage of ChatGPT showing chat histories exposed by ChatGPT bug

Data Privacy News

Titles of User Chat Histories Exposed by ChatGPT Bug

March 27, 2023

Lists of unfamiliar chat titles were suddenly appearing in the ChatGPT website's sidebar. It turns out that a ChatGPT bug was displaying chat histories of other users randomly to other people.

Large hangar warehouse showing ransomware attack on Toll Group

Cyber Security News

Toll Group’s Operations Shut Down by Yet Another Ransomware Attack

May 14, 2020

Second ransomware attack on Toll Group in three months shows lightning can strike twice, and there's no grace period that's honored before the next attack.

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TikTok to Receive €530 Million Fine Over EU Data Storage, Data Transfers to China

TikTok Troubles Continue: Report Reveals It Used a Banned User Tracking Technique on Android Phones

TikTok Troubles Grow as French Privacy Regulator CNIL Opens Investigation

TikTok’s New Data Center in Dublin Goes Live as Part of “Project Clover” EU Privacy Program

Tim Berners-Lee Launches New ‘Contract for the Web’ to Create a Better Internet

Time for a New Privacy Paradigm

Time to Turn on That Instagram Two-Factor Authentication

Timeline for Google Privacy Sandbox Deprecation of Third-Party Cookies Shapes up as Online Advertising Braces for Another Impact

Titles of User Chat Histories Exposed by ChatGPT Bug

Toll Group’s Operations Shut Down by Yet Another Ransomware Attack

Russian Hackers Exploit Hotel Wi-Fi Networks to Compromise Microsoft 365 Accounts

Claude’s Great Escape: Anthropic AI Models Join OpenAI Agents in Hacking Their Way Out of Sandboxes

Leak of Microsoft Meeting Documents Indicates Company Is Struggling to Keep Up With Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered by Mythos

Cyber Attack by Suspected Iranian Hackers Hits 36 Minnesota Water Utilities, Causing Outages