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The European Union’s two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’ data. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is under scrutiny from governments and regulators because of concerns that China’s government could use its app to … Read more
The European Union is reportedly planning to open an antitrust investigation into Microsoft for allegedly misusing its position in pushing new products and services with its Office suite. A report said that the investigation will be based on a 2020 complaint from Slack, filed amid the pandemic in July 2020 when video calling apps – … Read more
Meta has been fined again – this time for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. Ireland’s regulator has imposed a penalty of 5.5 million euros on the social media giant, according to multiple online reports.The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted “in breach of its obligations in … Read more
Google recently approached the Supreme Court in connection with an order in which Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it. The apex court has now asked will the technology giant follow the same steps in India as it has in Europe.During the hearing, a bench headed by Chief Justice … Read more
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook-parent company and asked to pay EUR 390 million (approximately $413 million). A fine has been imposed on the company for the way it handled user data and violated European Union data protection rules. The move may potentially put parts of its ad business at risk.The Irish data … Read more
Following in the European Union‘s footsteps of mandating USB-C chargers for all electronics, the Indian government too is moving in a similar direction. The government has further chalked out its plan to standardise charging ports for smartphones, laptops and tablets in India. As a part of these, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) – the … Read more
Apple’s EU troubles seem to have come to India now. As considerations have been going around in the country’s policy-making circles for the past few months about a common charging tech for gadgets, things now seem to be heading to formalisation.In an effort to standardise charging ports for smartphones and wearable devices, the Indian government … Read more
The Paris Commercial Court has fined iPhone maker Apple with over 1 million euros ($1.06 million). The fine has been imposed for abusive commercial clauses on French app developers for access to the company’s App Store, as per the court ruling. According to the ruling, there was no need to order Apple to change the … Read more
The Paris Commercial Court on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple just over EUR 1 million (nearly Rs. 8 lakh) for imposing abusive commercial clauses on French app developers for access to the company’s App Store, the court ruling showed. The ruling, seen by Reuters, said there was no need to order Apple, which has a … Read more