WhatsApp publicly commits to not share personal data with Facebook following ICO investigation. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has closed an investigation into WhatsApp’s data-sharing ...

Facebook has reached a settlement with the U.K.’s data protection watchdog, the ICO, agreeing to pay in full a £500,000 (~$643K) fine following the latter’s investigating into the Cambridge Analytica ...

Facebook has a new advertising policy pertaining to cryptocurrency, binary options and initial coin offerings. The policy specifically prohibits ads that promote those types of products and services ...

Facebook faces a £500,000 fine for breaking data protection laws following a wide-ranging investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal by the UK’s data regulator. The investigation, led by ...

Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($645,000) by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office for the Cambridge Analytica data breach. It is the maximum possible fine available to the British watchdog, ...

Social media platform Facebook has announced that it bans ads that use “deceptive promotional practices,” which apparently includes ICOs and cryptocurrencies. The move may come as a surprise for some ...

We have principles, claims Facebook. Facebook is lodging an appeal against a record £500,000 fine levied by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its role in the Cambridge Analytica ...

Facebook earlier this year announced it was cracking down on advertisements of financial products that are often used to scam users by banning ads that promoted initial coin offerings (ICOs), ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Facebook £500,000 for serious breaches of data protection law involving Cambridge Analytica that affected 87 million users, including nearly 1.1 ...

The UK Information Commissioner has urged Facebook to drop its appeal against a £500k fine, levied in punishment for breaching data protection laws in the Cambridge Analytica case, in the wake of ...