data privacy – World Justice News

TikTok fined millions for illegally sending users’ data to China

May 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

TikTok has been fined €530m (£452m) because it was illegally sending user data to China, Ireland’s privacy watchdog said on Friday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found the social media app’s data transfers to China broke strict data […]

Delete TikTok or risk your data being exposed to ‘hostile’ threats, warns UK foreign affairs committee chief

February 5, 2023 World Justice News 0

People have been urged to delete TikTok from their phones, with the chair of Britain’s foreign affairs committee warning that “we are being naive” about the threat posed by the app. Alicia Kearns, a Conservative […]

Facebook ‘to be fined $5bn over Cambridge Analytica scandal’

July 15, 2019 World Justice News 0

US regulators have approved a record $5bn (£4bn) fine on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations, reports in US media say. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been investigating allegations that political […]

UK snooping ‘unlawful for more than decade’

July 24, 2018 World Justice News 0

The system that allowed spy agency GCHQ access to vast amounts of personal data from telecoms companies was unlawful for more than a decade, a surveillance watchdog has ruled. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal said that […]

Facebook faces maximum fine from UK data watchdog

July 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK’s data protection watchdog intends to fine Facebook £500,000 for data breaches – the maximum allowed. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Facebook had failed to ensure another company – Cambridge Analytica – had deleted […]

Wonga data breach may have affected up to 270,000 customers

April 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

The payday loan firm Wonga has said up to 270,000 of its customers may have been affected by a data breach. The firm said it was “urgently investigating illegal and unauthorised access to the personal […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]