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Google Quits Cookies As Data Privacy Regs Show Fangs

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In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. The European Union (EU) has levied $126 million USD in fines in that brief time, the biggest against Google at $57 million. That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. Merchants Waiting It Out.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax; Amazon Gets FAA’s OK For Drone Delivery 

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Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. Tumusov wrote in a social media post that “lowering the commission and having the ability to bring products to users is a growth opportunity for IT developers.”.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Prepares To Propose New Big Tech Regulations; Turkey Fines Big Tech Platforms $1.18M

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The Digital Services Act is forecast to revamp content management on platforms such as Facebook and Google. The European Commission has rolled out high-profile probes into firms such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon over worries that their market supremacy is negatively impacting competition. “The

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Facebook, Google Pressured In India Over Privacy, Taxes

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Govindacharya have asked lawmakers in India to call leaders of Google and Facebook to the country to ask them about data privacy and their compliance on tax laws, according to a report from Reuters. Indian activists with the New Delhi-based Centre For Accountability And Systemic Change (CASC) and right-wing activist K.N.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Hints At EU Pullout Over Data Transfers Laws; Appeal Filed Over Apple’s $15B Tax Bill On Ireland Operations; In-App Billing Battle Rages On

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The latest news on Apple, Google, Facebook and other Big Tech firms that are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulatory watchdogs, trade organizations and politicians globally. More Nevada Tax Breaks for Google Data Centers . Google is also reportedly planning to build another data center in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial area.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Disables Some Instagram, Messenger Functions In Europe; Amazon Delays Merchant Fulfillment Fee Increases

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State Attorneys General Sue Google Over ‘Exclusionary Tactics’. The attorneys general of 10 states, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton , sued Google “under federal and state antitrust laws and deceptive trade practices,” according to a complaint filed in federal court in Texas. In October, the U.S. 20 press release.

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Tim Cook Will Allow Parler’s App Store Return With Compliance

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Social media app Parler can return to the App Store if it complies with Apple’s terms of service, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Wednesday (Jan. The social network, which is favored by conservatives, was kicked off the Apple App Store and the Google Play store.