Robocallers are in the news after the FCC issued a $300 million forfeiture to a persistent offender and shut down their…
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Fake reviewers face big fines
The FTC is cracking down on fake reviews. Under the new proposed rules, organisations involved in the buying, selling, and manipulation of…
Microsoft illegally collected and retained children’s data, says FTC
Microsoft is counting the cost of privacy violations, with $20m in fines related to illegal data collection from children’s Xbox accounts….
FTC tackles tech support scams by chasing payment processor firms
A multinational payment processing company and two of its executives are facing a potential $650k fine as a result of allegedly…
TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine
The big social media fines just keep coming. Hot on the heels of Meta experiencing a $277m fine from the Irish…
Mega Facebook data breach sees Meta fined $277m
There’s some bad news for Meta, in the form of a $277 million fine related to a data breach which impacted…
TikTok faces $28m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy
TikTok is no stranger to controversy where data usage is concerned. Back in 2021, the social media dance extravaganza platform agreed to pay…
$12m Grindr fine shows GDPR’s got teeth
As thoughts turn to Data Privacy this week in a big way, GDPR illustrates it isn’t an afterthought. Grindr, the popular…
A week in security (September 17 – 23)
Last week, we took a look at a low level spam campaign on Twitter, explored the signs of falling victim to…