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Patents, lawsuits are filed left and right in the technology space. The fines on the Tech giants also make trembles very often nowadays, owing to privacy infringements. See who is battling whom in the race to innovation and greater market share.

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U.S. Justice Department Sues Google Over Dominance Of Digital Advertising Market

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), along with the Attorneys General of eight states on Tuesday filed an antitrust suit against Google over dominance...
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Meta’s WhatsApp To Pay €5.5 Million Fine For GDPR Violations

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) on Thursday fined Meta-owned WhatsApp Ireland €5.5 million (US$6 million) for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...
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Apple Sued By Women For Airtags Stalking

Recently, Apple was sued by two women alleging AirTags were used to stalk and harass them. The former partners of these women used the...
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Apple faces lawsuit Over Apple Store crash That Injured 20 people

Apple on Tuesday was sued by two victims of the fatal Apple Store crash that took place in Hingham, Massachusetts, last week, in which one...
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Meta Fined €265M For Facebook Data Breach That affected 500M Users

Facebook’s parent group Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday was fined €265m (£228m) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for a data breach discovered...
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Remove Chinese CCTV Cameras From ‘Sensitive’ Areas, Orders UK Government

The UK government on Thursday ordered its departments to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras on “sensitive sites”, citing security risks. The new policy order applies...
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Brazil Seizes iPhones From Stores As Apple Fails To Provide Charger

In September, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered Apple to suspend iPhones that were sold in the country without a battery charger, stating that the smartphone...
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Z-Library eBook Site Domains Seized By U.S. Authorities

Several domains related to the popular online eBook repository, Z-Library, were seized by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday in accordance with...
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Google Sued For Collecting Biometric Data Without Consent

Texas attorney general (AG) Ken Paxton on Thursday filed a privacy lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data through the...
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VideoLAN Threatens To Sue Indian Government For Blocking VLC Website

VideoLAN, the French non-profit organization behind the most popular media player, VLC, has issued a legal notice to the Indian government asking for an...

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