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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents, according to The Jurist: A new online privacy bill has been proposed by the Australian government, which mainly concerns online privacy and regulates social media companies. The act purportedly “enables the introduction of a binding online privacy code for social media and certain other online platforms, and increases penalties and enforcement measures.” According to the bill, social media services, data brokerage services, and large online …

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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Guardian: The European court of justice (ECJ) has fined Poland €1m per day for ignoring a ruling that it must reform its controversial judicial system changes. The mentioned penalty, which is to be considered as the highest ever against a member state, has been imposed after a long-running battle between Brussels and Poland over changes that are said to undermine the independence of …

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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to The Newyork Times: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Penguin Random House, a well-known publisher in United States, to stop it from acquiring its rival Simon & Schuster.  Penguin Random House is to be considered as the largest publisher in the United States as well as it operates more than 300 imprints worldwide and has 15,000 new releases a year. With its $2.18 …

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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents according to Deutsche Welle: A Moscow court ordered Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., to pay a 2 million roubles ($28,085) fine due to not removing previously prohibited content. Russia has threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube. The move comes as state officials seek to rein in tech giants. …

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Karimi & Associates Law Firm presents, according to The Swissinfo: The Swiss Federal Administrative Court upheld a Geneva-based tech company named Proton‘s appeal against the Swiss Post and Telecommunications Surveillance Service (PTSS) over obligations to store data and monitor email traffic. It has been confirmed by the court that email services can’t be considered telecommunications providers in Switzerland and hence are not subject to data retention requirements. Andy Yen, the company’s …

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