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South Korea fines Meta $15 million over data breach

Meta faces the multi-million dollar penalty for funnelling sensitive user data to advertisers, as South Korea tightens its privacy laws.

Mar 25, 2020

China probes Weibo data 'leak' of more than 500 million records

The government admonished officials from Sina Weibo after a user reported finding 538 million records available for sale on the 'dark web'.

Oct 31, 2019

Facebook drops appeal over UK Cambridge Analytica fine

Social media giant is not admitting liability over much-publicised data breach.

Oct 10, 2019

Twitter 'sorry' for inadvertently leaking user info to advertisers (again)

Admission of error by social network comes just two months after previous mess-up.

Jul 25, 2019

Facebook finds fresh Microsoft/Sony data breach

FTC confirms $5bn Facebook fine, criticises the company's 'deceptive' behaviour, and announces it is suing Cambridge Analytica.

Jun 14, 2019

Honesty at heart of how brands should respond to data breaches

Taking a people-first approach, admitting wrong and explaining to customers exactly what has been exposed among best practices on how to deal best with a data breach.