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Meta faces data retention limits on its EU ad business after top court ruling
The European Union's top court has sided with a privacy challenge to Meta's data retention policies. It ruled on Friday that social networks, such as
Meta Can’t Use Sexual Orientation to Target Ads in the EU, Court Rules
Privacy activist Max Schrems has won another legal fight against Meta, this time limiting how the company can use off-platform activity—and public statements—to target ads.
Meta faces new limits on ad-targeting in Europe as nemesis Max Schrems wins again at EU’s highest court
In its Friday ruling, the Court of Justice of the EU confirmed that the principle of “data minimization"—one of the many rules in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation—means a social network like Facebook can’t simply use all of a user’s data, forever, for the purpose of targeting ads at them.
Meta Ordered by Top EU Court to Limit Use of Sexuality Data
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook shouldn’t exploit public information on a users’ sexual orientation for targeted advertising, the bloc’s top court has ruled.
EU Court of Justice bars Meta from using public third party data for targeted advertising
The European Court of Justice ruled Friday that Meta's Facebook and other social media cannot use sexual orientation or other sensitive public data from third parties for targeted advertising.
Meta must limit data use for targeted advertising, top EU court rules
Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for targeted advertising, Europe's top court ruled on Friday, backing privacy activist Max Schrems.
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Meta Hit With $102 Million Privacy Fine From European Union Over 2019 Password Security Lapse
Meta fined more than $100 million by a European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving Facebook passwords.
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Watch: Keir Starmer holds press conference after Brussels meeting to ‘reset’ UK-EU relations
Downing Street said the prime minister travelled to Belgium to “continue his drive to improve the UK’s relationship with the European Union to bolster the security, safety and prosperity of ...