May 22-29's Summary in the Digital Privacy World
- kavenet-intelligence
- May 30, 2023
- 2 min read
This week was busy in the online privacy sphere. Here's a quick snapshot of what happened and what you need to know!
Meta fined €1.2 million by the EU for violating the GDPR
The European Union regulators imposed a €1.2 million (USD1.3 million) penalty on Meta for breaching EU privacy regulations though the transfer of personal data belonging to Facebook users to servers located in the United States.
A total of 133 GB of SuperVPN’s users data leaked
The data breach of free VPN service provider SuperVPN led to the exposure of a total of 133 GB of data, encompassing a broad array of sensitive information, such as user email addresses, original IP addresses, geolocation data and server usage records.
Google’s deletion of location data under surveillance
Google's handling of sensitive location data deletion is under scrutiny following a Washington Post report that uncovered the tech giant's storage of the precise names and addresses of healthcare, fertility, and Planned Parenthood establishments visited by the journalists.
20 NHS trusts disclosed personal and confidential information to Facebook without consent
Through an Observer investigation, a concealed tracking tool has been discovered on the websites of 20 NHS trusts. This tool, over the course of several years, has surreptitiously gathered browsing information and shared it with the tech giant, resulting in a significant violation of privacy.
Twitter and the EU’s voluntary code of practice against disinformation
The EU says Twitter has decided to disengage from the European Union's voluntary code of practice concerning online disinformation. This code, which the majority of prominent social media platforms committed to adhere to, prompted a cautionary statement from the bloc regarding the avoidance of legal accountability.