Technology 1 Nov 2023 | 11:29 AM

Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertising

OSLO (Reuters) -The European data regulator has agreed to extend a ban imposed by non-EU member Norway on "behavioural advertising" on Facebook and Instagram to cover all 30 countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area, it said on Wednesday.

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AI 21 Mar 2025 | 05:00 AM

ChatGPT faces complaint over false 'horror story'

OpenAI is facing a complaint about its chatbot making up a "horror story", by falsely describing a Norwegian man as having murdered his children, a privacy campaign group said on March 20.

Technology 17 July 2023 | 09:00 AM

Norway regulator to fine Meta over privacy breaches

OSLO (Reuters) - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined one million crowns ($100,000) per day over privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, Norway's data protection authority said on Monday, in a move that could have wider European implications.

Technology 7 Aug 2023 | 11:46 PM

Norway fines Facebook owner Meta over privacy breaches

OSLO (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from Aug. 14, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications.

Technology 6 Sept 2023 | 09:42 AM

Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case

OSLO (Reuters) - Meta Platforms can be fined for breaching users' privacy, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday, stopping an attempt by the owner of Facebook and Instagram to halt a fine imposed by the country's data regulator.

World 6 Sept 2023 | 05:48 PM

Norway's court upholds data regulator's fine on Meta

OSLO, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A court in Norway has sided with Datatilsynet, the country's data protection authority, affirming the legality of a daily fine imposed on Meta Platforms for invasive behavior-based marketing on Facebook and Instagram.

Technology 22 Aug 2023 | 01:13 AM

Facebook owner Meta asks Norway court to halt privacy fine

OSLO (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Tuesday asked a court in Norway to stop a fine that the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching user privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.

Technology 28 Sept 2023 | 11:10 AM

Norway asks EU regulator to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach

OSLO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Norway's data regulator will refer the ongoing fine it has imposed on Meta Platforms to the European data authority (EDA), it said on Thursday, a move that could make the penalty permanent and widen it to the European Union.

Technology 8 Aug 2023 | 09:57 AM

Meta Platforms seeks to stop privacy breach fine in Norway

OSLO (Reuters) -Meta Platforms is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country's data regulator imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, according to a court filing.

Technology 23 Aug 2023 | 08:07 AM

Facebook owner Meta breaks privacy rules, Norway regulator tells court

OSLO (Reuters) - Meta Platforms is breaking European data privacy rules in Norway, the country's data regulator told a court on Wednesday, in a case that could have wider European implications.

Technology 15 Dec 2021 | 07:33 AM

Grindr fine cut to $7 million in Norway data privacy case

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Data Protection Authority (DPA) has handed dating app Grindr a reduced 65 million Norwegian crown ($7.14 million) fine over illegal disclosure of user data to advertisers, saying the company had moved to address issues regarding its practices.

Technology 1 Nov 2023 | 11:29 AM

Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertising

OSLO (Reuters) -The European data regulator has agreed to extend a ban imposed by non-EU member Norway on "behavioural advertising" on Facebook and Instagram to cover all 30 countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area, it said on Wednesday.

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