France slaps Job’s Mob with €150m fine for privacy power play
Watchdog says App Tracking Transparency wasn’t as innocent as it looked
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s much-hyped App Tracking Transparency feature has earned it a €150 million slap on the wrist from France’s antitrust bloodhounds, who say it used privacy as a smokescreen to stiff the competition.
UK firms look to hybrid storage
Wasabi notes cloud is getting too spicy
UK businesses are rethinking their cloud strategies as unpredictable fees push budgets to the brink, with 44 per cent now opting for a hybrid approach that combines on-premises and cloud solutions.
French elevator makers say “non” to 2G and 3G networks axing
Business could be stuck between floors
France's Elevator Federation (Fédération des Ascenseurs) has asked for a delay in shutting the country's 2G and 3G networks.
US antics divide subsea cable market into East and West
Returning to the cold war
The subsea cable market is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocs as the US is putting pressure on companies to avoid Chinese ties.
France investigates Apple over "planned obsolesce" of its products
It is bad enough that they are out-of-date at launch
France has opened an investigation into planned obsolescence of Apple products.
Chinese mobile phone makers surrender French markets to Samsung
OPPO and OnePlus cut French Connection
Rumours that Chinese firms OPPO and OnePlus had enough of France and were starting to downsize their operations have proven true.
France does not surrender on Apple's advertising
Illegally harvesting iPhone owners' data
While the Tame Apple Press applauded Job's Mob's moves to tackle privacy issues from Facebook and other clients, it appears that the French data protection authority, CNIL was less impressed.
France's privacy watchdog fines Microsoft €60 million for privacy violations
Take your nasty 'amburger eating cookies out of our sight
France's privacy watchdog has decided not to surrender to the software king of the world Microsoft and fined the outfit €60 million for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union.
French say "non" to US computers in schools
We 'ave no intention of giving our data to you 'amburger eaters
The French minister of national education and youth is banning the use of US based computers which send data to the land of the fee.
Germany and French watchdogs ignored data protection rules
Companies win
European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued rulings that limit indiscriminate data retention in France and Germany after several watchdogs ignored them