In a statement, Meta's spokesperson defended the opt-out approach, noting that "we've provided EU users with a clear way to ...

A new phishing campaign is targeting small business owners on Facebook with fraudulent emails that look like official ...

Meta faces heightened scrutiny and fines from Nigerian regulators demanding respect for local data protection and consumer ...

BY WALE BAKARE In July 2024, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) of Nigeria announced ...

Temu is facing a ₩1.37 billion ($982,420) fine in South Korea over its data transfers to other countries. The privacy law violations are due to failure to adhere to the terms of the PIPA, the law of ...

African countries are stepping up efforts to hold global tech giants like Meta accountable for data privacy violations. Could this mark a turning point in the continent's digital sovereignty?

Verbraucherzentrale NRW, a state-funded consumer protection organization based in Germany, has failed in its legal attempt to ...

Analysis - Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than US$290 million in Nigeria. The fines were imposed by Nigeria's Federal ...

Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing the company of violating its residents' data privacy rights. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued ...

A German consumer protection group is calling on Meta to halt its plan to start training its AI models with EU users' data.

According to noyb, the legal conundrum around Meta AI lies in how the social media giant plans to use the legitimate interest provision ruled by Article 6 (1) (f) of GDPR, which allows companies to ...