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  • Meta pushing to halt data privacy infringement fines in Norway
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    Meta pushing to halt data privacy infringement fines in Norway

    2023-08-29T12:18:00Z

    Meta is seeking a court injunction in Norway to halt a significant fine imposed by the country’s data regulator due to privacy breaches on Facebook and Instagram. 

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    Four steps to staying CCPA compliant

    2020-07-28T15:57:00Z

    When GDPR rolled out on May 25, 2018, the fines were so high that many companies questioned if they would even be enforced. It wasn’t until this last year when The Information Commissioner’s Office fined British Airways $230M as a result of its 2018 data breach that organisations realised these fines were taken very seriously. But the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was put in effect on January 1, 2020, raised a new standard for consumer privacy rights at the U.S. state level and this time, the fines are being taken seriously starting day one.