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Paris, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The French Competition Authority imposed a fine of 500 million euros on Google on Tuesday for not having negotiated in good faith compensation for the media for the use of its news content, something a national law requires.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF GOOGLE IN NEW YORK.
French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal predicts that "one million more people" will receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine jab in the country in February, adding to January's 1.4 million to make a total of "2.5 million at the end of February." SOUNDBITE
Business Insider reports that H&M has been fined $41.1 million by a German regulator. The company was caught monitoring "several hundred employees" at its service center in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2018 The EU introduced new General Data Protection Regulation laws. This is the second-largest fine levied against a single company over data breaches since the 2018 laws were put into effect. Since 2014 supervisors and managers at H&M have been storing data on employees. The data includes information from meetings and workplace conversations, such as medical symptoms, family issues, and religious beliefs. This data was sometimes used to make employment decisions. H&M compensated all affected staff, and said that the company views privacy and data protection as "top priority."
Covid Symptom Tracker has become one of the most-downloaded apps in the UK.
Residents of the famous Louveciennes commune reacted to news that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the mystery buyer of the $320 million Chateau Louis XIV. Two years ago, the Chateau Louis XIV was sold for over $300 million and Fortune magazine called it “the world’s most expensive home" but the identity of the owner was unknown. On Sunday it was revealed that the identity of the mystery buyer was none other than Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, heir to the Saudi throne.