Tag: Data
Australia Considers Competition Implications For Consumer Data Right Law
An Australian senate probe into FinTechs headed up by the government will look into how much Big Tech firms might harness the consumer data...
Nielsen To Sell Data Unit In $2.9B Deal
Data analytics company Nielsen Holdings has agreed to sell its Global Connect business segment to private equity firm Advent International for US$2.7 billion, reported...
EU’s Facebook Antitrust Data Demands Stalled
Facebook may be able to slow down European Union investigators’ demands to turn over vast amounts of data after an EU court ruling that...
UK Fines British Airways $25.8M Over Data Breach
British Airways (BA) must pay a US$25.8 million fine for lacking the proper security measures that might have prevented a hacker in 2018 from...
Australia’s Watchdog Focuses On Construction Sector
The Australian competition watchdog is “prioritizing” an investigation of the construction sector amid concerns that large software providers are charging exorbitant rates to transfer...
Senate Committee Met To Discuss Federal Data Privacy Legislation
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation met on Wednesday to discuss federal data privacy legislation.
ACA International, in a letter to the committee,...
Irish Regulator Seeks To Halt Facebook US Data Transfers
The Data Protection Commission of Ireland has provided Facebook with a preliminary mandate to halt data transfers to the United States regarding the company’s...
China To Debut New Set Global Data-Security Rules
China is launching its own initiative to set global standards on data security, countering U.S. efforts to persuade like-minded countries to ringfence their networks...
India’s Proposed Data Rules Prompt US Tech Pushback
A plan by India to regulate what it terms “non-personal” data has roiled the executives of Big Tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google and advocates for freedom and competition in...
Canada’s Watchdog Tackles $6.1B Data Deal
The Competition Bureau registered a consent agreement with the Competition Tribunal to address its concerns related to WESCO International's $6.1B acquisition of Anixter International...
