Privacy, Encryption & Compliance

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (442+ words) Google’s long-running fight over location tracking just added another massive price tag, with European regulators imposing a $463 million fine over how the company handled users’ location data. According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Google was fined €403 million, approximately $463 million, after…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (184+ words) The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has identified breaches in the operation of settings relating to activity history and location data, reports the AP. The former stores users’ search and activity history on Google services, whilst the latter records information…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1226+ words) X has introduced X Numbers, a new way for users to let people contact them on X Chat without having to follow each other. The feature is part of X’s new Chat messaging system and is designed to give users…...

1+ day, 51+ min ago   (275+ words) Smartphone screen protectors that do not meet certain specific requirements regarding thickness, dimensions, light transmission, defects and strength and that don’t carry the ‘Standard’ mark, will not be manufactured, stored for sale, imported, sold or distributed in India after April…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (387+ words) The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has flagged a range of prohibited security equipment being sold or offered on e-commerce platforms including walkie-talkies, anti-drone systems, drone jammers and GPS jammers, for regulatory violations. In February, the CCPA had issued notices…...

2+ day, 47+ min ago   (529+ words) Tue Sep 22, 2026 September 22, 2026 3:22 AM GMT+1 Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, DPC, has fined Google €403 million ($462 million) for improperly processing users’ location data, eight years after consumer groups first raised complaints over the practice. The penalty was announced by the Irish regulator…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (310+ words) Google has been fined €403 million (£345 million) by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) over its handling of users’ location data. A BBC report said the penalty followed an investigation commenced six years ago after complaints from several European consumer rights organisations....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (274+ words) All Tech News > #Workspace Ireland data protection commission says Google violated GDPR as it tracked individuals’ location, used data to sell personalised ads Ireland’s data protection commission has fined Google €403 million (£346m) for breaching GDPR regulations over its processing of users…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (171+ words) DT · Sep 23, 2026, 3:40 AM Google has been fined more than €400 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission over how it processed users’ location data, following complaints that people were steered into enabling constant tracking on their phones. The regulator examined Google’s “Web…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (782+ words) iPhone 18 Pro Face ID failures are emerging as one of the first troubleshooting issues reported by some launch-week owners, with affected devices freezing or restarting shortly after facial authentication fails. Public reports began appearing over the weekend following the September…...