The Fintech Association of Kenya announced an important ruling in Uganda: Ugandaโs Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) has ruled that GoogleโฏLLC is a dataโฏcontroller/collector subject to the countryโs DataโฏProtection and PrivacyโฏAct. In a 18โฏJulyโฏ2025 decision, the regulator declared Google in breach for operating without PDPO registration and for transferring Ugandansโ data abroad โwithout demonstrating adequate…
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Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy violations
In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook $5 billion after finding that it failed to comply with a 2012 agreement with the FTC to protect users’ data. In the current lawsuit, which followed the Cambridge Analytica breach, Meta was not a defendant: the plaintiffs wanted the directors to pay out of their own pockets.ย …
ICE is gaining access to trove of Medicaid records, adding new peril for immigrants
Jenny Jarvie and Hannah Fry report: The Trump administration is forging ahead with a plan that is sure to fuel alarm across Californiaโs immigrant communities: handing over the personal data of millions of Medicaid recipients to federal immigration officials who seek to track down people living in the U.S. illegally. The huge trove of private…
Microsoft can’t protect French data from US government access
Luis Rijo reports: Microsoft France’s legal directorย conceded under sworn testimonyย that the company cannot guarantee French citizen data stored in EU datacenters remains protected from US agency access. The June 10, 2025 French Senate hearing marked a significant moment in European digital sovereignty discussions as Microsoft executives addressed concerns over extraterritorial data access. During proceedings before…