The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found that Sony could have prevented being hacked in April 2011. Sony's April 2011 hack of its PlayStation platform saw the personal data of millions of customers put at risk. ...
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Electronics giant Sony has been fined by Britain's data watchdog for a breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers using PlayStation video games consoles. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK ...
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The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) says a freight company has been found guilty of tampering with a heavy vehicle speed limiter and fined $8,000. “In July 2012 Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) inspectors discovered the company ...
Amid further signs that the EU's two-year investigation into Google is coming to a head, EC competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that the internet giant will be forced to change the way it presents its search results if it wants to ...
IDG News Service - China has punished six companies, including Samsung and LG, for manipulating LCD panel prices in the country, and ordered them to pay a total of $56 million in fines. Samsung, LG, and four Taiwanese companies ...
German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn has filed a lawsuit seeking a reported EUR 750 million in damages against four steel track suppliers that have already been fined by the regulator for fixing prices on track orders. The companies ...
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Bloomberg reported that antitrust body fined POSCO, Hyundai Hysco Co and five other South Korean steelmakers were fined a combined KRW 291.7 billion (USD 273 million) for fixing the price of some products. The Fair Trade Commission ...
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The Korean largest steelmaker Posco and the biggest automaker Hyundai Hysco Co. together with five other steelmakers of the country were fined by its antitrust body for a total amount of 291.7 won billion (US$273 million) for fixing the ...
Tags: Korean, steelmaker, Posco, automaker, Hyundai Hysco Co, monopolization
A former Motorola employee, charged with the theft of trade secrets from the company, was sentenced by a federal court in Illinois on Wednesday to four years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Hanjuan Jin, 41, a ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)claims to be about helping organisations to do the right thing,yet it punishes organisations that report breaches.But does this make sense?Is this really a good policy? The best-known case is the ...
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office is to re-open its investigation into the collection of Wi-Fi data by Google's Street View vehicles as they collected images for Google Maps. The UK's Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)is ...
Big businesses risk falling foul of international data protection laws as governments around the world take a tougher approach to privacy. Countries including Korea,Japan and China are introducing tough new privacy laws which frequently ...
Hewlett-Packard has filed a complaint against display manufacturers Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Tatung Company of America, seeking to recover damages it claims it suffered as a result of their involvement in a price fixing scheme. Chungwha ...
South Korea's oil refiners are likely to face tougher challenges in coming years as President-elect Park Geun-Hye vows consumer-focused policies and tighter business regulations under her economic democratization platform. Park, from ...
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1. How to get permanent residence permit? You should submit: (a) Valid passport or equivalent; (b) Health certi_ cate issued at state level; (c) Credentials proving no criminal record by China embassies or consulates; (d) Two passport ...
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