Ireland’s data regulator, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has imposed a record €1.2 billion fine on Facebook owner Meta, which has its EU headquarters in Dublin, for violating European privacy rules, in a move that takes total penalties against the company above €2 billion. It follows from a long investigation into transfers by Facebook of…
Ex-Premier League footballer Robbie Keane and his wife Claudine have succeeded in a possession claim at the Central London County Court to evict Sandi St Paul and David Lawrence from their Hertfordshire home, worth approx. £3.8m, after Ms St Paul and Mr Lawrence stopped paying the £8,000-a-month rent. The Keanes told Central London County Court that…
It has been reported that the family of Michael Schumacher is planning legal action against Die Aktuelle, a weekly German gossip magazine for presenting an artificial intelligence-generated article as “the first” interview with the seven-time Formula 1 world champion since his 2013 skiing accident where he suffered a brain injury. The magazine led with a…
Ed Sheeran has successfully defended another copyright infringement lawsuit in the US after facing a jury trial following claims that his hit “Thinking Out Loud” lifted bits from 1973 Marvin Gaye classic “Let’s Get It On.” He was sued by heirs of songwriter Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 song who were seeking a…