By Aaron Nicodemus2023-06-02T15:43:00
Microsoft will reserve $425 million to pay a potential fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) regarding alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by its social media subsidiary, LinkedIn.
Microsoft, which made the disclosure Thursday on its investor relations page, said the Irish DPC began investigating a complaint against LinkedIn in 2018, alleging the platform’s targeted advertising practices violated the GDPR. The stringent European Union privacy law took effect that year.
In April, Microsoft said it received a preliminary draft decision from the Irish DPC that found LinkedIn’s targeted advertising practices violated the GDPR. Microsoft said it cooperated with the inquiry.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Microsoft-owned LinkedIn 310 million euros (U.S. $335 million) over violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation related to the social media company’s data processing and targeted advertising.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission has a new leadership structure, but it is uncertain whether the changes can get the key privacy regulator caught up on enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Companies that think paying reduced ransomware demands would be a better move than informing regulators of a data breach and facing enforcement are playing with fire, according to experts.
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Recent enforcement actions by U.S. agencies overseeing customs payments and export control laws indicate increased scrutiny of business transactions between U.S. and Chinese companies.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is awarding far fewer whistleblower claims, according to Bloomberg Law, which noted the commission denied awards for the entire period between April and July, the longest stretch in the program’s history.
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The firing of a Democrat commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission by President Donald Trump was illegal, according to a federal judge’s ruling last week.
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