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$888 Million Fine for Amazon Over EU Data Violations
August 03, 2021
CNPD, the Luxembourg data protection authority fined Amazon a record amount, $888 million, after passing a decision that accused the online retailer of using personal data in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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DeepTarget Further Increasing Predictive Accuracy
July 28, 2021
DeepTarget Inc., a solution provider that uses data mining and machine learning to deliver targeted communications through digital channels for banks and credit unions, has announced that it has expanded its use of machine learning techniques to further help financial institutions use predictive campaigns.
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Senator Cotton Urges Coca-Cola to Condemn China’s Human Rights Abuses
July 28, 2021
Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.), during a hearing of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, pressed Paul Lalli, global vice president of human rights at Coca-Cola on the company’s decision to act as a sponsor to the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite China’s human rights abuses against the Uyghurs.
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Google Takes Legal Action over Germany's Expanded Hate-Speech Law
July 28, 2021
Google is taking legal action under its parent company, The Alphabet, over an expanded version of Germany's hate-speech law that recently took effect, citing that the changes, which allow user data to be passed to law enforcement before it is clear any crime has been committed, violates the right to privacy of its users.
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RSF Calls for Regulation Against Spyware
July 28, 2021
Following the report of the The “Pegasus Project” investigation, showing that the Israeli spyware is systematically used for surveillance that violates fundamental human rights including again journalists, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for strict international regulation of spyware.
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