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DoorDash sues New York over customer data law, second lawsuit in week
DoorDash Inc sued New York City over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants c...
United Kingdom risks EU data deal by pursuing global tie-ups
The UK said it would reform the data rules agreed as an EU member by adopting a “common sense” approach that could help it secure data partnerships with the US and othe...
Forecasting LinkedIn User Growth for 2021-22
Over the past decade LinkedIn has been growing at a steady and predictable rate. However, this rate has been accelerating since Microsoft formally concluded its acquisition of the ...
China steps up tech scrutiny with rules over unfair competition, critical data
China has moved to tighten control of its technology sector, publishing detailed rules aimed at tackling unfair competition and companies’ handling of critical data.
WeChat suspends new user registration for security compliance
WeChat has temporarily suspended registration of new users in mainland China as it undergoes a technical upgrade “to align with relevant laws and regulations”, China...
German competition watchdog launches Apple investigation
Apple became the fourth major digital company to face closer scrutiny from Germany’s antitrust watchdog after the cartel office said it had launched an investigation into whe...
EU states back personal data flows with ex-member Britain
European Union member states have agreed that UK standards for the protection of personal data are sufficiently high that such information can continue to flow between the EU and i...
Canada launches long-awaited auction of 5G spectrum
Canada is set to begin a hotly anticipated auction of the mobile telecommunications bandwidth necessary for 5G rollout, one that was delayed more than a year by the pandemic.
Introducing our catch-all data and analysis round-up, the ‘Grey Data Blog’
In this new (free to access) section of Platform Executive website we aim to curate some snippets of data we have gathered whilst working on other projects. Because of this, the na...
US Senate votes to open debate on China tech bill
The US Senate voted 86-11 Monday to open debate on a measure authorizing more than $110 billion for basic and advanced technology research over five years in the face of rising com...
Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told
Blocking a proposed UK class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big business to behave with impunity, a l...
Bitcoin hit with record weekly outflow as rally ebbs
Bitcoin posted a record weekly outflow, with overall sentiment on cryptocurrencies turning cautious as the digital asset’s searing rally hit a wall, data from digital currenc...
Australian Watchdog: Google misled consumers over data collection
Australia’s federal court found Google misled some consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, the country’s competition regulator ...
German regulator acts to halt ‘illegal’ WhatsApp data collection
Germany’s lead data protection regulator for Facebook said that it was taking action against the social network to prevent the collection of personal data from users of its W...