Fines

The Information Commissioners’ Office signals crackdown with record fines

Fines for companies breaking anti-spam rules reach new highs The Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) has the power to issue fines of up to £400,000 to companies that fail to comply with data handling and antispam law and it’s a power that they’re increasingly willing to wield. Download Premium Resource – GDPR briefing guide Our round-up […]

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Social networks to face huge fines in Germany for not removing ‘illegal content’ in 24 hours

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As of yesterday, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), originally passed in mid-2017. It targets publishers and social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube, that have more than 2 million members or users. The law, translated as the Network Enforcement Act, requires “obviously illegal” material to be

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GDPR-ready? How US email marketers can avoid hefty new EU fines

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The General Data Protection Regulation is a measure adopted by the European Union to protect user privacy and data of European citizens. While on the surface, this may appear insignificant to US marketing activities, the enactment of the GDPR will, in fact, present challenges for any US company doing business in EU countries to comply

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Google Faces Tuesday Deadline as Clock Ticks Toward New EU Fines

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By August 29, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT Google faces a Tuesday deadline to tell the European Union how it plans to comply with an order to stop discriminating against rival shopping search services under threat of new fines that would add to a record 2.4 billion-euro ($2.9 billion) penalty. The EU gave the Alphabet Inc.

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