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Meta hit with $263m fine over 2018 Facebook data breach

Meta sanctioned for the handling of a bug which allowed unauthorized access to Facebook profiles.

TechRadar

Ireland Fines Meta 251 Mn Euros Over Facebook Hacks

An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy on Tuesday said it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw users' accounts hacked.

International Business Times

Department defends advice on bungled Commonwealth Games

A government agency has defended its advice to the Victorian government in the lead-up to the abandoned Commonwealth Games, despite a damning report.

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Ireland Fines LinkedIn 310 Mn Euros Over EU Data Breach

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users' personal data for targeted advertising.

International Business Times

LinkedIn fined 310 million euros by Data Protection Commission

The inquiry was launched by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn.

The Independent UK

"Processing of personal data without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation," says EU as it fines LinkedIn $334 million for violating GDPR

LinkedIn has received a massive fine and faces a reprimand for how it processed user data.

Windows Central

Bureaucracy: Uttarakhand DGP IPS Abhinav Kumar challenges UPSC decision

Abhinav Kumar, a senior IPS officer and the Director General of Police (DGP) in Uttarakhand, has raised concerns over his exclusion from a panel submitted to UPSC. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ryanair could be grounded in Ireland for demanding extra data of third party customers

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is looking into reports Ryanair demands additional data from those who don’t book through its website.

TechRadar

Irish Regulator To Probe Ryanair Use Of Facial Recognition

Ireland's data watchdog said Friday it will probe whether budget airline Ryanair's use of facial recognition to check the identity of customers booking through third-party websites violates EU privacy laws.

International Business Times

Meta hit with major fine over password storage

Meta didn't encrypt social media passwords, and has been hit by a major fine as a result.

TechRadar

Facebook Owner Meta Fined $100M Over Password Security Lapse

An Irish regulatory agency said the tech company failed to properly protect users' passwords.

International Business Times

Europe tackles Google's AI after crackdowns on Meta and X

Google may be in trouble over the rollout of its PaLM 2 large language model last year.

Fortune

Ireland Launches EU Privacy Probe Into Google AI Development

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy on Thursday launched an investigation into Google's artificial intelligence development.

International Business Times

Ireland launches privacy inquiry into Google AI data use in EU

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, after the regulator took wins against Meta and X.

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International Business Times

X Vows To End Harvesting Of EU Users' Personal Data To Train Its AI

Social network X has committed to stop its much-criticised harvesting of European users' personal data to train its artificial intelligence program, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Wednesday.

Windows Central

Elon Musk’s X could lose 4% of its global annual turnover for "quietly" training Grok using data from 60 million users in the EU without consent

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could fine X up to 4% of its global annual turnover if the platform can't establish a legal basis for using users' data to train its chatbot without their consent.

International Business Times

X Halts Using Personal Data Of Europeans To Train AI

Social platform X said Friday it would work European regulators after agreeing to suspended its heavily criticised use of European users' personal data to train its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI

Social media platform uses pre-ticked boxes of consent, a practice that violates UK and EU GDPR rules

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The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s scrapped 2026 Commonwealth Games cost $589m in ‘significant waste of taxpayer money’, auditor general says

Report criticises government agencies for not working together and says the estimated $6.9bn cost of the event was ‘overstated’

The Hindu

Labour union demands shifting of paddy bags from DPCs in Kumbakonam and Thiruvidaimaruthur to Thanjavur

The TNCSC Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has drawn the attention of the Thanjavur district administration to the non-transfer of paddy bags from the direct procurement centres (DPC) in Kumbakonam and Thiruvidaimaruthur taluks to Thanjavur

The Independent UK

White House will launch new national strategy to counter Islamophobia

The plan to develop a new national strategy against Islamophobia comes amid hightened tensions from the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas

The Guardian - AU

Jacinta Allan warned about rising cost of Commonwealth Games months before it was cancelled

Parliamentary inquiry hears organising committee wrote to the then games minister in April about additional funding and reducing costs

The Guardian - AU

Victorian government hired lawyers weeks before Commonwealth Games cancellation

Law firm was engaged well before cabinet decision to cancel 2026 event, but Jacinta Allan says it came amid rising cost estimates

The Guardian - UK

TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts

Irish data regulator says platform put 13- to 17-year-old users’ accounts on default public setting, among other breaches

The Hindu

Ahead of Sornavari paddy harvest, 17 direct procurement centres opened in Tiruvallur to help farmers

Tiruvallur district in Chennai recently opened 17 DPCs to prepare for paddy harvest. 25,203 hectares of land estimated to yield 1.67 lakh tonnes of rice. 50,000 tonnes to reach DPCs, 50,000 to farmers, 50,000 to private buyers. Farmers to get ₹21.60/kg for fine varieties, ₹21.5/kg for mota. Special teams formed…

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