General Data Protection Regulation, EU and Meta
EU court rules social networks can’t use personal data forever
Once again, the European Union has issued a ruling preventing Meta from going too crazy with user information. The top court in the EU ruled that limits must be put in place for how long Meta and other social media networks can use people’s information for ad targeting strategies.
Top Europe court rules against Meta Platforms on ad data retention
Europe's top court has found against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) over its approach to data retention in its continental ad business -- a ruling set to add hurdles for social media names looking to garner European ad dollars.
Meta faces data retention limits on its EU ad business after top court ruling
The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies. It ruled on Friday that social networks, such as
Meta must limit data use for targeted advertising, top EU court rules
Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for targeted advertising, Europe's top court ruled on Friday, backing privacy activist Max Schrems.
Meta must limit data use for targeted ads: EU court
Social media platforms such as Meta's Facebook must limit the use of personal data including someone's sexual orientation for targeted advertising, the European Union's top court ruled Friday.The regulation "precludes" all data obtained by a social network operator "from being aggregated,
Meta faces new limits on ad-targeting in Europe as nemesis Max Schrems wins again at EU’s highest court
Meta faces yet more restrictions on its core ad business in Europe, following a ruling by the EU’s top court. In its Friday ruling, the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed that the principle of “data minimization"—one of the many rules in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation—means a social network like Facebook can’t simply use all of a user’s data,
EU top court sides with activist Schrems in privacy dispute with Meta
Europe's top court on Friday sided with Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems in his privacy dispute with Meta Platforms. Schrems had taken his grievance to an Austrian court, saying he had been targeted by advertisements directed at homosexuals as a result of Meta's personalised advertising based on processing of personal data.
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Data watchdog to investigate Ryanair's use of facial recognition
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened an inquiry into Ryanair's processing of personal data as part of verification processes used for customers who book flights from third party websites or ...
Austrian activist Schrems wins privacy case against Meta over personal data on sexual orientation
The European Union's top court has said that social media company Meta can't use public information about a user's sexual ...
ECJ: Meta must minimize the use of data for advertising purposes
The highest European court has made fundamental decisions on Meta's data collection and processing for advertising purposes.
Ryanair’s use of facial recognition technology investigated by data regulator
The Data Protection Commission has opened an EU-wide probe into whether Ryanair’s use of facial recognition technology to ...
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Netherlands Imposes Record-Breaking Data Privacy Fine on Uber: 4 Key Steps Companies Can Take to Ensure Compliance
amounting to a “very serious violation” of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Although Uber has appealed the fine, this case highlights the serious consequences of non-compliance ...
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The Dutch data regulator is the latest agency to fine artificial intelligence company Clearview AI over its facial data harvesting and other privacy violations of GDPR rules, joining regulatory ...