Une enquête menée par l’organisme britannique de surveillance de la concurrence sur l’acquisition d’Activision Blizzard par Microsoft a abouti à un avertissement selon lequel l’accord est susceptible de nuire aux joueurs. La fusion est susceptible d’accroître la puissance de Microsoft dans le cloud gaming, nuisant aux joueurs britanniques qui ne […]
The European Union’s data protection watchdog called on Tuesday for a ban on the controversial spyware tool Pegasus, developed by Israeli-based NSO Group. The EDPS said use of Pegasus might lead to an « unprecedented level of intrusiveness, able to interfere with the most intimate aspects of our daily lives. » Israel […]
Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday it had accepted a revised offer from Google of commitments relating to its plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating Google’s plan to cut support for some cookies in Chrome – […]
Google Analytics, the world’s most widely used web analytics service developed by Alphabet’s Google, risks giving U.S. intelligence services access to French website users’ data, France’s watchdog CNIL said on Thursday. In a decision targeting an unnamed French website manager, the data privacy regulator — one of the most vocal […]
The Dutch antitrust watchdog on Monday fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.72 million) for a third time for failing to allow software application makers in the Netherlands to use non-Apple payment methods for dating apps listed in the company’s App Store. The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has been […]
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy. According to the CMA, Meta failed to notify the regulator about the resignation of three key employees and […]
WASHINGTON — The FBI made numerous serious errors in investigating allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar and didn’t treat the case with the “utmost seriousness,” the Justice Department’s inspector general said Wednesday. The FBI acknowledged conduct that was “inexcusable and a discredit” to America’s premier law enforcement agency. The long-awaited […]
Britain’s competition watchdog has raised concerns over a UK telecom tower deal between Spain’s Cellnex and Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison, saying it could lead to higher prices or lower quality services for network operators. Cellnex last year had said it would buy 24,600 telecom towers across Europe from CK Hutchison, […]
Un groupe de surveillance appelle à une enquête sur l’influence du milliardaire suisse Hansjörg Wyss sur les élections américaines, selon une plainte déposée auprès de la Commission électorale fédérale. La plainte des Américains pour Public Trust dit qu’il y a des raisons de croire que «M. Wyss a indirectement financé […]
Un chien de garde indépendant du gouvernement enquêtera sur les actions du Pentagone concernant les OVNIS suite aux plaintes des dirigeants du Congrès sur la façon dont le Département de la Défense a traité le sujet hors de ce monde. L’annonce intervient quelques jours après qu’un ancien responsable du Pentagone, […]
