Today, Wednesday 6 September, Oslo District Court ruled in the case between Meta and the Data Protection Authority. The court decided in favour of Data Protection Authority. In July, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority urgently imposed a temporary ban on behavioural marketing on Facebook and Instagram. Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, asked the Court…
Category: Non-U.S.
Twinning Tales – India’s Data Protection and Competition Laws
Anisha Chand and Tanveer Verma write: As the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 receives presidential assent and officially graduates to a statute, discourse on the tension between the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act) has gained momentum. There are two competing ideologies – one that…
High Court rejects claim DPC failed to investigate alleged Google data breach
Independent.ie reports: The High Court has dismissed a claim the Data Protection Commission failed to fully investigate a complaint made to it five years ago about an alleged massive data breach by the internet giant Google. The complaint about Google’s processing of personal data was made by Dr Johnny Ryan, who is a senior fellow…
A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server
Zack Whittaker reports: Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent months to have been hacked. In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and…