The operators of Pornhub and a network of more than 100 adult websites are facing legal action from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the state of Utah, accused of deceiving consumers while profiting from some of the internet’s most exploitative content.
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has fined Houston-based freight forwarder Fracht $1,610,775 after finding the company violated multiple sanctions programs tied to Venezuela and Iran. Regulators said the violations were egregious and not voluntarily self-disclosed, though Fracht ultimately cooperated and has since overhauled its compliance program.
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has imposed one of the country’s largest-ever privacy penalties on SK Telecom (SKT), ordering the mobile carrier to pay $99.9 million (KRW 134.8 billion) after a series of failures that exposed the personal information of more than 23 million subscribers.
Disney will pay $10 million to settle allegations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it violated children’s online privacy protections by mislabeling YouTube videos, allowing the unlawful collection of personal data from under-13 viewers. The case not only imposes a financial penalty on one of the biggest names in entertainment but also signals a shift in how regulators expect companies to safeguard kids’ online experiences.
One of the biggest players in Australia’s futures market has been hit with a $2.55 million (AUD 3.88 million) penalty after failing to stop a wave of suspicious trading orders in the electricity and wheat futures market. The Market Disciplinary Panel (MDP) imposed the fine on SocGen, following an ASIC investigation that found the firm breached market integrity rules by permitting two clients to place 33 suspicious orders between May 2023 and February 2024.
The Western High Court in Denmark has imposed a fine of $216,000 (DKK 1.5 million) on ILVA, a Danish furniture retail chain known for its Scandinavian-style home furnishings, for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The ruling establishes an important precedent for how fines against companies are calculated.
Singapore has hit pause, just slightly, on its march toward stricter climate reporting. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) announced they will extend timelines for companies to meet new reporting and assurance rules, a move designed to give businesses breathing room to build the systems and expertise needed for high-quality disclosures.