VERSAILLES, France—A French court ordered home furnishings giant Ikea to pay some €1.1 million ($1.3 million) in fines and damages Tuesday over a campaign to spy on union representatives, employees, and some unhappy customers in France. Two former Ikea France executives were convicted and fined over the scheme and given suspended prison sentences. Among the…
Senators Request Big Corps to Reveal Details on Foreign and Domestic Buyers of User Data
A bipartisan group of senators is questioning eight major U.S. corporations about the transmission of American user data to foreign bidders, used for digital advertising in the majority of cases. “We write to seek information about your company’s sharing of Americans’ personal data in order to understand how that information may be obtained and exploited…
Senators Ask Big Firms to Reveal Details on Foreign, Domestic Buyers of User Data
A bipartisan group of senators is questioning eight major U.S. corporations about the transmission of American user data to foreign bidders, usually used for digital advertising. “We write to seek information about your company’s sharing of Americans’ personal data in order to understand how that information may be obtained and exploited by foreign governments to…
Japan to Probe Line After Reports It Let Chinese Engineers Access User Data
TOKYO—Japan’s government said on Wednesday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp’s Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai affiliate access Japanese users’ data without informing them. Under Japanese privacy regulations, companies have to let users know when their personal data is sent overseas,…
Big Tech’s Flawed Defence
Commentary Google, Facebook, and Twitter are not private companies best left alone by governments. They aren’t even private companies if “private” is meant to distinguish corporate activities from governmental functions. The distinction between the public and private sectors has long been blurry at best where major corporations have been concerned, with each sector involved in…
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