France Regulator Raps Apple Over App Store Ads

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France’s data regulator said Wednesday that it had fined Apple eight million euros ($8.5 million) for breaching privacy laws on its App Store.

The CNIL said the US tech giant had installed trackers on the devices of French users without directly asking their consent, allowing it to place targeted ads within the App Store.

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Netwrix Acquires Remediant for PAM Technology

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Data security software vendor Netwrix has acquired Remediant, an early-stage startup working on technology in the PAM (privileged access management) category.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 

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