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Saudi Arabia, Singapore Discuss Ways to Enhance Technological Cooperation

The president of SDAIA met with the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information in London. SPA
The president of SDAIA met with the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information in London. SPA
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Saudi Arabia, Singapore Discuss Ways to Enhance Technological Cooperation

The president of SDAIA met with the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information in London. SPA
The president of SDAIA met with the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information in London. SPA

President of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Al-Ghamdi has met with the Singaporean Minister for Communications and Information, Josephine Teo, on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit in London.

During the meeting Thursday, topics related to AI technologies and ways to enhance joint cooperation between the Kingdom and Singapore in the fields of these advanced technologies within the framework of Saudi Vision 2030 were discussed.

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LinkedIn Hit with 310 million Euro Fine for Data Privacy Violations from Irish Watchdog

The logo for LinkedIn Corporation, a social networking website for people in professional occupations, is pictured in Mountain View, California February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
The logo for LinkedIn Corporation, a social networking website for people in professional occupations, is pictured in Mountain View, California February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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LinkedIn Hit with 310 million Euro Fine for Data Privacy Violations from Irish Watchdog

The logo for LinkedIn Corporation, a social networking website for people in professional occupations, is pictured in Mountain View, California February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
The logo for LinkedIn Corporation, a social networking website for people in professional occupations, is pictured in Mountain View, California February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

European Union regulators slapped LinkedIn on Thursday with a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine for violations of the bloc's stringent data privacy rules.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission reprimanded the Microsoft-owned professional social networking site over concerns about the “lawfulness, fairness and transparency” of its personal data processing for advertising purposes, according to The AP.

The Dublin-based watchdog is LinkedIn's lead privacy regulator in the 27-nation EU because that's where the company's European headquarters is based.

The watchdog said it carried out an investigation that found LinkedIn did not have a lawful basis to gather data so it could target users with online ads, which is a breach of the privacy rules known as General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. It ordered LinkedIn to comply with the rules.

Processing personal data “without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation” of the right to data protection in the EU, Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said in a statement.

LinkedIn said it that while it believes it has been “in compliance” with the rules, it's working to ensure its “ad practices” meet the requirements.