MAR. 2024 ISSUE NO. 217

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EU & UK
  • Amazon appealed French regulator CNIL's EURO 32 million ($34.58 million) fine for the employee monitoring system.

  • Iceland's data protection authority, Persónuverndissued an ISK 1.5 million fine to Stjörnuna ehf, the operator of Iceland's Subway restaurants. 

  • The European Commission opened non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act.

  • Portugal halted Sam Altman's Worldcoin biometric data collection for 90 days due to privacy concerns.

  • DSA, identity wallets took the spotlight on the protection of minors online.

   

AMERICAS
  • FTC mentioned that it may soon resolve the TikTok probe, considering a lawsuit or settlement over privacy issues.

  • Oklahoma City-based Avem Health Partners agreed to a USD1.45 million lawsuit settlement after it experienced a cyberattack that breached the health data.

  • The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of seven alleged Chinese state-backed hackers for a 14-year campaign targeting foreign entities.

   

ASIA PACIFIC

  • China's cyberspace regulator issued rules for cross-border data flow, outlining reporting standards for security assessments of key data exports.

  • Mozilla cut ties with Onerep after the CEO's admission of involvement with a data broker.


   
   

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