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Conferences and other in-person events rushing to impose facial recognition on attendees in Europe without doing the necessary due diligence over data protection risks beware: The organizers of the global connectivity industry shindig, Mobile World Congress (MWC), which takes place annually in Barcelona, have been fined €200,000 (~$224k) by Spain’s data protection watchdog over a breach […]

MWC’s organizer slapped with GDPR fine over biometrics ID checks due diligence by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

A number of brand-name mainstream financial institutions have been rolling out new crypto products and services in an attempt to make the space more accessible.

Mastercard, PayPal and Robinhood dive deeper into crypto as industry shows ‘promise’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Crackdowns on the smuggling of U.S. technology in support of Russia’s war effort has wider implications for the tech industry.

Western sanctions against Russia: Tips for tech companies managing compliance risk by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch