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Germany fines Google $189K for Street View Wi-Fi data breach

2013-04-22 16:29:36| CNET News.com

The fine imposed by Germany represents a total of 0.002 percent of Google's $10.7 billion net profit in 2012, and would take mere minutes to claw that back. [Read more]

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Germany fines Google for privacy violations

2013-04-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Internet giant fined 145,000 for collecting personal data via Street View cars.

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Brazil threatens $282m in fines for beef linked to Amazon deforestation

2013-04-18 01:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Federal prosecutors in Brazil are threatening to fine 26 beef producers $282 million for buying cattle raised in illegally deforested areas and on Indian reservations, reports Reuters. The fines are based on Brazilian laws that prohibit beef producers from buying cattle from ranches that rely on slave labor, recently deforested areas in the Amazon, and indigenous reservations. The fines are calculated using the number of animals allegedly raised in illegal conditions. According to prosecutors, the...

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Year after Wyo. blowout, no fines for Chesapeake

2013-04-12 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: A company that owns a Wyoming oil well that blew out and forced 50 people to flee their homes has not been fined in the year since the accident because the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission determined none of its rules were violated. A group of landowners and at least one affected couple were upset by the inaction against Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp., even though the commission said human error contributed to the complete loss of control over the well last April 24 five...

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