2021-11-18 08:49:18

In September of this year, the Wall Street Journal devoted some notable and critical articles about Facebook's actions. It would later turn out that Frances Haugen had provided the business newspaper with the necessary documents and data.

2021-11-16 09:10:34

In August 2021, SOMI has launched a collective data request to three tech companies from outside the EU: TikTok, Palantir, and Zoom. With this campaign, we request access to the personal data collected by these companies on behalf of our participants. SOMI and its participants are advised and represented by Douwe Linders from the law firm SOLV.

2021-11-15 10:45:22

Not so long ago, Facebook was the most celebrated social platform in the world. In fact, the company could do no wrong in the eyes of its users, companies, politicians, and policymakers. Little is left of that good name and fame. Facebook is under fire, both in Europe and the US. Especially in Europe, policymakers are making every effort to limit the (economic) power of the company and, rather, to break it. Comparisons are not wrongly drawn with Theodore Roosevelt's struggle at the beginning of the 20th century with the great conglomerates (robber barons) of those days.

2021-09-10 12:11:01

As the first organization to do so in the EU, on June 2nd 2021, SOMI has served a summons to take TikTok to court for violations of children's privacy and failure to comply with GDPR obligations. In following-up to this initiative, last week two other foundations have initiated comparable claims against TikTok in The Netherlands.

2021-08-10 05:58:17

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of €750,000 on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children. The information provided by TikTok to Dutch users many of whom are young children when installing and using the app was in English and thus not readily understandable. By not offering their privacy statement in Dutch, TikTok failed to provide an adequate explanation of how the app collects, processes and uses personal data. This is an infringement of privacy legislation, which is based on the principle that people must always be given a clear idea of what is being done with their personal data.