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Europe’s top court clarifies GDPR compensation and data access rights

May 4, 2023

The European Union’s top court has handed down a couple of notable rulings today in the arena of data protection. One (Case C-300/21) deals with compensation for breaches of the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and the second (Case C-487/21) clarifies the nature of information that individuals exercising GDPR rights to obtain a copy […]

Europe’s top court clarifies GDPR compensation and data access rights by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

HV Capital closes €710M fund amidst the wider European and global funding downturn

May 4, 2023

If you’ve heard of Flixbus, SumUp, StudiVZ, Seatwave, Cafe Press, Zalando, Wooga, HelloFresh, Depop, Delivery Hero, and Agreena, then you’ve heard of companies invested in by HV Capital. The German early and growth stage VC has been a stalwart of the European tech startup ecosystem since at least the early 2000s, funding largely German-born companies […]

HV Capital closes €710M fund amidst the wider European and global funding downturn by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Shopify to reduce workforce by 20%, sells logistics business to Flexport for 13% equity

May 4, 2023

Shopify revealed today that it’s laying off 20% of its workforce, impacting more than 2,000 people, and is selling its logistics business to Flexport for roughly 13% in stock. The news comes some 10 months after Shopify announced that it was reducing 10% of its workforce — roughly 1,000 people — and follows a trend that […]

Shopify to reduce workforce by 20%, sells logistics business to Flexport for 13% equity by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Millions of patients’ data confirmed stolen after Fortra mass-hack

May 4, 2023

Millions of people across the U.S. had reams of personal and health information stolen in a mass-hack targeting dozens of companies, including healthcare providers, according to new filings with the federal government. NationBenefits, a Florida-based technology company that offers supplementary benefits to its 20 million-plus members across the U.S., confirmed in April that hackers had […]

Millions of patients’ data confirmed stolen after Fortra mass-hack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Waymo doubles robotaxi service area in Phoenix in bid to grow driverless trips tenfold

May 4, 2023

Waymo is doubling its commercial robotaxi service area in the Phoenix metro area, an expansion that will add new suburbs and connect previously isolated sections of the sprawling and car-dependent desert city. The service area, which now includes Scottsdale, nearly of Tempe and larger sections of Chandler and Mesa, is 180 square miles in size. […]

Waymo doubles robotaxi service area in Phoenix in bid to grow driverless trips tenfold by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch