investigation

Broadcom Ordered To Halt Exclusivity Deals By EC

Chip giant ordered to halt exclusivity deals after European watchdog utilises powers last used 18 years ago

5 years ago

ICO Investigates Kings Cross Facial Recognition Use

UK data protection watchdog to investigate why Kings Cross developer is using facial recognition

5 years ago

DoJ Announces Anti-Trust Probe Of Tech Firms

'Market leading online platforms' face DoJ investigation over alleged anti-competitive practices

5 years ago

Google Faces Irish Advertising Probe For GDPR Compliance

Irish data protection watchdog begins investigation to see if Google is obeying GDPR with its advertising services

5 years ago

Facebook Privacy Settlement To Include Federal Oversight – Report

Facebook reportedly faces having a federal privacy official on its board, as part of settlement deal with FTC

5 years ago

Criminal Investigation Into Facebook Data Sharing – Report

It never rains but pours. US federal prosecutors launch investigation of Facebook's data sharing deals

5 years ago

US Regulator To Probe Facebook Over Data Concerns

News of the latest investigation has wiped 5 percent off Facebook's share price, as the Cambridge Analytica data row continues…

6 years ago

Movette Closed Down For Claiming To Be Google

Manchester company misrepresented itself as Google, and is closed down after official investigation

7 years ago

ICO Raids More Houses As Part Of Nuisance Call Crackdown

Investigation into accident claims calls has been ongoing since May 2016

7 years ago

UK Police Look To Internet Of Things For Evidence

Police say washing machines and refrigerators will provide invaluable evidence as they log residents' every move

7 years ago

Yahoo Investigates Cookie Powered Password Bypass Hack

The scope of knowledge Yahoo's staff had of the 2014 data breach is also under scrutiny

8 years ago

EC Slaps Google With More Antitrust “Objections”

European Commission expands its probe of Google's shopping and advertising services with additional "objections"

8 years ago

Mobile Security Update Probe Launched By US Authorities

Patchy mobile patching process? FCC and FTC begin smartphone security update investigation

8 years ago

Apple Faces Potential £5.6bn European Tax Bill

Apple could be facing a bill of more than $8bn (£5.6bn) over its tax practices, as European Commission decision looms

8 years ago

Kids Toys Could Be The Next Big Spying Tool

Expert warns Internet-connected toys can be hacked into and transformed into spying devices

8 years ago

Hillary Clinton Surrenders Email Server To FBI

FBI takes presidential hopeful’s private email server into custody to check for US government policy breaches

9 years ago

Darkode Hacking Forum Goes Dark

Notorious hacking forum used by Lizard Squad and other cybercriminals taken offline by the FBI

9 years ago

SEC Investigates Hackers For Insider Trading

Show me the money! US financial regulator hunts hackers who used stolen data for insider trades

9 years ago

Anthem Hack Investigators Cite Chinese ‘Fingerprints’

Investigators of Anthem attack pursue evidence pointing to Chinese state-sponsored hackers

9 years ago

WhatsApp Purchase To Face Brief European Scrutiny

Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp will be subject to a quick review by European regulators

10 years ago

Qualcomm Faces EU Antitrust Probe – Report

European regulators may investigate Qualcomm, which is already battling a similar probe in China

10 years ago

Apple Faces European Commission Tax Probe

The European Commission begins a formal investigation into the tax arrangements of Apple and others

10 years ago

Lenovo IBM Server Deal Faces US Security Probe

The purchase of IBM's x86 server business by Chinese Lenovo is being probed on national security grounds

10 years ago

OFT Proposes In-App Purchase Crackdown

The OFT has published its proposals to tackle the growing problem caused by in-app purchases

11 years ago

Juniper Networks Faces Bribery Probe

US financial regulators have opened a bribery investigation at Juniper Networks

11 years ago

IBM Confirms SEC Probe Into Cloud Revenues

IBM is undergoing an official SEC investigation over how it reports its cloud revenue

11 years ago

Google Files Concessions To End Antitrust Probe

Google has presented its revised proposals to European antitrust regulators as it seeks to end their official investigation

11 years ago

Google Submits EU Antitrust Settlement Proposal

Google has reportedly submitted its proposals to settle the European Union's antitrust concerns

11 years ago

Google Close To EU Antitrust Agreement

Google is reportedly close to reaching an agreement with the European Union to resolve its antitrust issues

12 years ago

Samsung Investigates Exploding Galaxy S III

No reason to panic… yet

12 years ago