CEOs from 51 different companies, including Amazon, Walmart, and Salesforce, have sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the passing of a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.
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Google facing antitrust investigation by 50 attorneys general
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed Monday that his office is leading an investigation by 50 attorneys general into technology giant Google for potential monopolistic business practices.
Facebook faces multistate investigation for possible antitrust violations
The New York Attorney General’s office is leading a multistate investigation into social media giant Facebook for potential antitrust issues.
European Commission still gunning for Big Tech
Coming on the heels of big enforcement actions against Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, the European Commission is vowing to keep fighting against technology giants profiting at others’ expense.
Migration to new SOX technology picks up pace, report says
Amid persistent cost and compliance challenges with internal controls, the pace of migration toward new accounting technologies appears to be picking up.
Google, YouTube reach $170M ‘groundbreaking’ settlement for violating children’s privacy
Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay $170 million to settle allegations that the video-sharing service illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent.
FINMA publishes AML guidance on blockchain
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority has published new guidance on how it applies AML rules to the financial services providers it supervises in the area of blockchain technology.
Essential transcription dos and don’ts for your audio recording review program
Transcription is merely a starting point for call recording review and even the voice portion video recording review.. That said, voice-to-text technologies and even search tools built for transcripts still haven’t met both of the distinct last-mile-needs around using transcripts for compliance.
Microsoft facing GDPR probe in Ireland
The Dutch Data Protection Agency has referred Microsoft to its home EU regulator in Ireland regarding new privacy concerns with its Windows 10 operating system.
ICO investigating facial recognition technology in key London district
Concerns abound over whether or not using facial recognition technology violates consumer privacy.


