Facebook Advertising – Facebook parent company Meta settles with the U.S. government in a case about discrimination in advertising. As part of the settlement, Facebook promises to change its way of advertising. The U.S. Department of Housing had complained that housing ads on Facebook are discriminatory. For example, they may or may not be shown […]
Mexican lawyer – A court in Mexico City has ordered Google to pay 245 million dollars (more than 233 million euros) to a lawyer who said that Google kept a blog up and running on which he was accused of money laundering, among other things. Google has said it will appeal. Ulrich Richter Morales stated […]
VPN providers withdraw servers – Several popular VPN companies are moving their servers away from India. At the end of June, new rules will come into force in the country that require VPN providers to store customer data, such as names, IP addresses, e-mail addresses and payments. The providers do not want to go along […]
WhatsApp – Privacy is a great thing and so it is not wrong to dwell on the enormous amount of data that some apps collect about you. With this tip you will discover what you reveal when you use WhatsApp. WhatsApp is by far the largest chat service in the Netherlands: it seems as if […]
dating apps – The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) and Apple have been discussing the policy around dating apps in the App Store for months. The tech giant is now finally complying with the rules, but a lot preceded it. The case began in December. Apple was then reprimanded by the ACM, because […]
sell ads – Google is willing to let other companies sell ads on YouTube, reports Reuters news agency. The tech giant would try to avoid a fine from the European Commission for abuse of power. The European Commission opened an investigation into Google and its advertising practices last year. Brussels wants to know whether the tech giant […]
gender discrimination case – Google is willing to pay 118 million dollars (converted more than 112 million euros) to settle a lawsuit for gender discrimination. That’s according to law firms representing 15,500 female employees of the tech group. Independent experts also review the company’s personnel policy, including the way in which staff are recruited. “As […]
alternative payment systems – Apple on Friday proposed new changes to the policy around the App Store. It did so in response to complaints from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). Apple previously promised to let dating apps use multiple payment systems, but the regulator concluded early last month that Apple did not […]
Google’s app store – The British competition authority opens an investigation into the requirements that Google imposes on apps offered in its Play Store. The research mainly revolves around the condition that purchases within apps may only be settled via Google’s own payment system. According to the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), this […]
MacBook Air laptop – Apple wants to release a MacBook Air with a 15-inch screen next year, reports bloomberg news agency based on insiders. The company is also said to be working on a 12-inch laptop, the specifications of which have not yet been disclosed. The as-yet-unannounced MacBook is a larger variant of the newly announced 13.6-inch MacBook Air. […]
