The international operation, which received $22 million in Bitcoin since 2015, had an elaborate hidden network working under false names that took years to trace and take down.
The companies are pulling servers out of the country in response to India’s new data retention law, which will begin requiring cloud storage services, VPNs and data centers to turn over data when the government deems it useful in fighting cybercrime.
Bearing gifts unlike never before – including a willingness to share data with sellers and boost rival products, Amazon is hoping to persuade EU regulators not to enact a very large fine, possibly as high as 10% of global turnover.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.