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Taxi company gets €100 million fine for transferring data to Russia
Taxi company gets €100 million fine for transferring data to Russia
Yango, a taxi company owned by Russian Yandex and operating in Finland and Norway, has been convicted of unauthorized data transfer to Russia. The company was ordered to pay a 100 million euro penalty fee. 08 May 2026
German court: Entire modern Internet is illegal, embedding anything breaks the GDPR
German court: Entire modern Internet is illegal, embedding anything breaks the GDPR
German court ruling finds all 3rd party embedding to be illegal in Europe. 31 Jan 2022 - 2 comments
Ruling: Google Analytics is illegal in Europe
Ruling: Google Analytics is illegal in Europe
Austian data protection agency rules that Google Analytics violates European Union's GDPR by transferring data to United States. 14 Jan 2022 - 2 comments
Thousands of American companies have broken EU law for the past two weeks
Thousands of American companies have broken EU law for the past two weeks
EU Court terminated the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, making it essentially illegal for American companies to store EU user data within U.S. soil. 03 Aug 2020 - 1 comment
NRK: Nokia Android phone leaks data to Chinese servers
NRK: Nokia Android phone leaks data to Chinese servers
Nokia 7 Plus phone leaks sensitive information to Chinese servers. Without user's consent. 21 Mar 2019
WhatsApp will soon ban users who are under 16
WhatsApp will soon ban users who are under 16
WhatsApp will soon start banning users who are under 16 year old. The change is related to European Union's GDPR legislation and how WhatsApp ...... 25 Apr 2018
     

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