Google and Apple report increase in user data requests from U.S. government, new German law imposes steep fines on social media companies, EU-US data transfer case referred to EU high court

Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Google and Apple report jump in U.S. government requests for user data Google and Apple both report

Russia threatens Facebook over data localization, Spain orders companies to censor Catalan referendum content, U.S. and EU complete first annual Privacy Shield review

Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Russia threatens to block Facebook over data localization law Russian authorities have announced that Facebook will be

Why should investors care about digital rights?

When companies fail to respect users’ privacy and freedom of expression, users clearly pay a price, but they are not alone. Building on the Ranking Digital Rights 2017 Corporate Accountability Index, our inaugural Investor Research Note analyzes how investors may be affected when companies fail

Google and Apple report increase in user data requests from U.S. government, new German law imposes steep fines on social media companies, EU-US data transfer case referred to EU high court

Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Google and Apple report jump in U.S. government requests for user data Google and Apple both report

Russia threatens Facebook over data localization, Spain orders companies to censor Catalan referendum content, U.S. and EU complete first annual Privacy Shield review

Corporate Accountability News Highlights is a regular series by Ranking Digital Rights highlighting key news related to tech companies, freedom of expression, and privacy issues around the world. Russia threatens to block Facebook over data localization law Russian authorities have announced that Facebook will be

Why should investors care about digital rights?

When companies fail to respect users’ privacy and freedom of expression, users clearly pay a price, but they are not alone. Building on the Ranking Digital Rights 2017 Corporate Accountability Index, our inaugural Investor Research Note analyzes how investors may be affected when companies fail