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Colombia coal exports plummet after ban on Israel sales
Colombia coal exports plummet after ban on Israel sales
by  AFP

Colombia's coal exports fell by almost half in July compared to the same month last year, official figures showed Wednesday, amid a global price crisis and days after President Gustavo Petro's ban on sales to Israel. Last month, Petro issued a second decree for Colombia to halt coal exports to Israel in protest against its deadly war in Gaza, renewing a June 2024 edict.

Jury tells Google to pay $425 mn over app privacy
Jury tells Google to pay $425 mn over app privacy
by  AFP

A US federal jury on Wednesday ordered Google to pay about $425 million for gathering information from smartphone app use even when people opted for privacy settings, the company confirmed. In the smartphone app privacy suit, plaintiffs argued that Google intercepted, tracked, collected and sold users' mobile app activity data regardless of what privacy settings they chose.

Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies
Record French fines for Google and Shein over cookies
by  AFP

France's data protection authority on Wednesday issued record fines against search giant Google and fast-fashion platform Shein for failing to respect the law on internet cookies. - 'Cookie wall' - Wednesday's fine against Google is the third issued by the CNIL over the search giant's use of cookies, after paying 100 million euros in 2020 and 150 million in 2021.

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