Top French court upholds $56 million Google privacy breach fine

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top administrative court upheld a 50 million-euro fine ($56 million) imposed last year on Alphabet’s Google for breaching European Union online privacy rules, it said…

EU bolsters consumer arsenal for collective redress

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: EU flags flutter in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman LONDON (Reuters) – The European Parliament approved a landmark…

Germany’s Scholz urges quick implementation of EU recovery funds as infections rise

[ad_1] BERLIN, Oct 6 (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that rising coronavirus infections across Europe were underlining the need to implement the agreed 750 billion…

Google to add App Store privacy labels to its iOS apps as soon as this week

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said…

France, Germany in standoff with Silicon Valley on contact tracing

[ad_1] By Mathieu Rosemain, Douglas Busvine PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google…

Russian lawmakers propose making local software mandatory on smartphones

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A customer tests a smartphone during the launch of the new iPhone XS and XS Max sales at “re:Store” Apple reseller shop in Moscow, Russia September 28,…

UK to test COVID-19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight this week

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will start testing its own COVID-19 tracing app on the Isle of Wight from Tuesday, hoping that the technology in combination with more testing and…

France, Germany push for tighter EU borders after attacks

[ad_1] By Thomas Escritt, Matthieu Protard BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what French President Emmanuel Macron called the…

U.S. explores restrictions on Ant Group, Tencent payment platforms -Bloomberg News

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The United States is considering restrictions on China’s Ant Group as well as Tencent Holdings Ltd 0700.HK over concerns their digital payment platforms threaten national security, Bloomberg…

French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online…