Tag: GDPR
Google fined £44m under EU data privacy law
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros (£44 million), the first penalty for a US tech giant under new European data privacy rules that took effect last […]
Top 7 events Technology Industry events of 2018. Including rise of Fortnite and AI becoming mainstream
2018 will be remembered as a trying year for the technology industry, as data scandals and calls for increased regulation dominated the agenda. Martyn Landi, Press Association Technology Correspondent, reports… […]
Amazon Alexa user given access to stranger’s conversations
A user of Amazon’s Alexa smart voice assistant was sent audio files from a stranger after requesting access to his own recordings. According to a report in German technology magazine […]
Top 10 trending ‘What is?’ Questions on Google in 2018. What is Bitcoin tops list
With the world perhaps more confusing than ever in 2018, Google users were bombarding the search engine with plenty of “what is…?” questions. Here are the 10 questions which, according […]
GDPR hasn’t reduced number of Spam emails, Nesta research suggests
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has not reduced the number of spam emails many people receive, new research claims. On the six month anniversary of […]
