All the bad news for Google and Meta in the EU and Korea
Google and Meta (Facebook's parent company) have received tens of millions of dollars in fines in South Korea for privacy violations. In Europe, moreover, the Court of the Union confirms (but reduces) the fine of the Commission against Big G. All the details
South Korea today announced it will impose million-dollar fines on Google and Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, for violating the privacy law.
THE VALUE OF FINES
Specifically, Google was fined $ 50 million (over 69 billion won, the South Korean currency), while Meta was fined $ 22 million (nearly 31 billion won).
WHAT THE SOUTHOREAN PRIVACY GUARANTOR HAS ESTABLISHED
According to the Commission for the Protection of Personal Information – it is the South Korean privacy authority – the two companies have not adequately informed users and have not obtained their prior consent to collect and analyze data on their activities. online. The data in question is used by Google and Meta to deduce the interests of users and offer them personalized content and advertising.
WHAT HAPPENS TO GOOGLE IN EUROPE
Also today, the Court of the European Union – the second most important court in the bloc – has come out against Google's appeal in the legal dispute with the European Commission, which accuses the technology company of abusing its dominant position in relation to Android, the popular mobile operating system.
WHAT THE COURT SAID
The court said it "broadly confirms the Commission's decision that Google has imposed illegal restrictions on Android mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators in order to consolidate the dominant position of its search engine."
4.1 BILLION FINES
The body said it considered it appropriate to impose a fine on Google, but reduced the amount to 4.1 billion euros, compared to 4.3 billion decided by the Commission.
THE COURT'S OPINION ON THE QUALCOMM-APPLE CASE
Previously, the European Union Court invalidated the reconstruction of the European Commission in the dispute with Qualcomm : according to the Commission, the US chip company would have made anticompetitive payments to Apple.
But – as the court ruling reads – "the Commission has not provided an analysis to support the conclusions that the payments in question have effectively reduced Apple's incentives to switch to Qualcomm's competitors to obtain chipset supplies. LTE for some iPad models to be launched in 2014 and 2015 ".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/corea-del-sud-unione-europea-google-facebook/ on Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:53:06 +0000.