Twitter has in recent years has begun periodically requiring phone number checks for "account security." What users have not always been aware of is that these items have been added in to Twitter's internal personalized advertising system.
The PIPC fine to Alibaba Group was accompanied by an order to rectify the privacy violations, along with a set of recommendations to avoid future regulatory action. About 180,000 AliExpress customers are thought to have been impacted.
DoorDash has settled an ongoing investigation by the California Department of Justice after Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the company had committed privacy violations under the terms of the CCPA. In addition to paying a $375,000 civil fine, the food delivery giant will be subject to additional CCPA enforcement terms going forward.
Google and Apple’s contact tracing app was supposed to put user privacy first. Each of the tech giants has blocked the most recent update from the NHS, citing privacy violations.
SOMI contends that Palantir could be participating in both knowing and unknowing privacy violations based on its involvement with "predictive policing" technologies.
Google is looking at ₩69.2 billion (about $50 million) and Meta ₩30.8 billion (about $22 million) in fines issued by the country's Personal Information Protection Commission due to privacy law violations.
The rapporteur for France's lead data protection agency (CNIL) is recommending a six million euro fine for Apple’s breach of the EU’s ePrivacy directive due to privacy violations. Apple had granted exceptions to the ATT framework for a variety of its own pre-installed apps.
Facebook, Google and Netflix are facing fines and actions for privacy violations, with Facebook assessed the second-largest amount in the country's history for its treatment of facial recognition templates.
