The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission has fined Amazon $ 887 million for violating the processing of users’ personal data.
The Commission has decided that the processing of Amazon’s personal data does not comply with EU data protection regulations. Claims are related to showing customers relevant advertising. This is a record fine for such violations since the entry into force in the EU of the General Regulation on Personal Data Protection on May 25, 2018. In addition to the fine, the company is also required to review the current practice of collecting personal data.
Amazon called the commission’s decision unfounded and said it would appeal it – the company claims that customer data was never passed on to third parties. Following the release of this information, Amazon shares on the Nasdaq at the opening of trading on July 30 fell immediately by 7.14 percent.
In turn, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos lost $ 14 billion and lost the first line in the list of richest people to the president of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) Bernard Arnault, according to Forbes Real-Time.
According to Forbes, Bezos’ fortune is $ 191.9 billion, while Arno’s fortune is $ 194.2 billion.
SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
Radisson Hotel Group is proud to be the world’s first hotel group to make all meetings and events across 400+ hotels in its EMEA portfolio carbon negative. For every event taking place at its participating hotels, Radisson Hotel Group will offset double the carbon footprint, to ensure that every meeting has a positive impact on […]
During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
The agreement on a single corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent was signed by 136 states, which account for more than 90 percent of world GDP. The agreement is aimed at combating tax evasion by international corporations. The initiative was also signed by countries that were initially opposed to tax reform, such as […]
The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
During the week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $ 228 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the central bank did not sell currency on the interbank market. So the NBU continued to buy currency on the interbank market, the bank increased it compared to last week ($ 15 million) […]
The new Tesla factory in Berlin may release the first electric cars next month. CEO Elon Musk stated this. Speaking at the plant, Musk said he hoped to get the green light to begin production in the coming weeks. The last consultation on public concern about the plant ends on October 14, after which the […]
Latvian airline AirBaltic will resume flights to Ukraine on December 1 and will start a new flight Vilnius-Kiev to Boryspil airport. The schedule includes departures twice a week on Tuesdays and Saturdays on Airbus A220-300. Flights from Vilnius will depart at 09:00, from Kiev – at 11:15. “Vilnius Airport can be used for transit to […]
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According to Delo.ua, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) represents the credit to Meest Express of 10 million dollars on post automatic machine network development. The EBRD press-service informed about it.The postal and logistic operator will have planned to increase the share on the Ukrainian market and to develop the existent network until […]
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Audi has introduced a new electric e-sedan Audi e-Tron GT, which should become a competitor for Tesla cars. The power of the electric car is 469 horsepower, torque – 464 Nm. The electric car accelerates to 96 km / h in 3.9 seconds. The maximum speed is 245 km / h. The more powerful version […]
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Wizz Air will start operating regular flights between Kiev and Abu Dhabi from July 1, 2021. This was announced on Monday, May 10, CTS with reference to the information published by the carrier. It is specified that flights from Ukraine will be carried out from the airport in Borispol. “Flights will be operated three times […]
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Traditionally, it is considered that the shares of pharmaceutical and biotech corporations are effectively protected from the global financial crises. The asset growth inevitably accompanies any, even insignificant, success of drug manufacturers. And the pandemic period has caused an unprecedented wave of investments in the pharmaceutical business. Due to Dmytro Shymkiv’s explanation, the head of […]
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Within 10 months of last year, Ukraine had supplied toy glass products (90.6%) in 25 countries, including most EU countries, amounting to $ 4,5mln. It is reported on the Facebook page of Natalia Mykolska – Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. On the EU market it has sold 62.3% of Christmas decorations. […]
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In every company sooner or later there comes a time when the manager asks a question of legal support for business. Solutions may be very different: someone delegate such powers to accountant and it really works, it is true, as long as does not need an expert with deeper legal competence, and someone is trying […]
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In early May, the network of elevators of the Prometey company gained another one – in the village Zaliznichnoe Olshansky district of Kirovograd region, in the Yosipovka railway station. The elevator is operable, on its base continues the acceptance of grain and oilseed crops of the gather 2015, – says the press service of the […]
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Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has fined the Russian company “Gazprom” for 85 billion UAH for abuse of monopoly power. This information was announced by the head of department Yuriy Terentyev on his Facebook. He emphasized that the “Gazprom” is a monopolist in the market of transit of natural gas through main pipelines on the territory […]
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COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
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If there is a sector in which Ukraine is objectively comparable to the leaders of the world rankings, it is agriculture. According to the «Food» and «Agriculture Organization», Ukraine ranks third in the world by percentage of cropland against the total county’s area. And according to the «National Master»(global statistics portal), Ukraine occupies the 4th […]
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Health Minister Maxim Stepanov and British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons discussed the possible production of a coronavirus vaccine at Ukrainian facilities. The Ministry of Health is in constant contact with AstraZeneca. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Health on Facebook. Vaccine production may be launched in the near future. “We […]
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In the case of vaccination of 10 million people at risk, Ukraine can receive a loan of $ 30 million from the World Bank, and the total assistance will be $ 90 million, according to the Ministry of Finance. This financial assistance can be provided under the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Vaccination in Ukraine project […]
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Previously unknown to the Ukrainian market Iranian airline company Mahan Air announced the launch of several regular eastbound flights from Kyiv. This reported the “Delo”. According to the publication, in the list are flights to India, China, Malaysia, Thailand and the UAE. Entering the Ukrainian market for the Mahan Air became possible due to the […]
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Big changes are planned in the US Gannett company which decided to coordinate the work of their local and national brands in a new group called USA TODAY NETWORK. On Thursday, December 3, 2015 American media company Gannett announced the merger of its brands in the USA TODAY NETWORK group to improve the quality of […]
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The US company, which produces seeds, has signed a licensing agreement with a major seed company about production and sale of sunflower seeds in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan. The press service of the company officially announced about this. The americans want to make only two varieties of sunflower seeds in Ukraine. Although, […]
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