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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Donald Trump's hotel collection under possible credit card breach: blog

(Reuters) - Real estate developer Donald Trump's string of luxury hotel properties, The Trump Hotel Collection, could be the latest victim of credit card breach, KrebsonSecurity reported, citing data shared by several U.S.-based banks.

Visa joins MasterCard, AmEx in ending use for Backpage sex ads

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Visa Inc said on Wednesday it is joining MasterCard Inc and American Express Co in barring its credit cards from being used to pay for ads on Backpage.com following a request from a Chicago sheriff who said the site is used by sex traffickers.

UK's Playtech expands online trading with Ava Trade buy

(Reuters) - Playtech Plc, founded by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, said it had agreed to buy currency trading platform Ava Trade for $105 million to expand its online trading platform.

After wifi at the Taj, Modi revives campaign for 'digital' India

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India is reinvigorating an $18 billion campaign to provide fast internet connections for all, with a "digital week" aimed at popularizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign promise to connect 250,000 villages in India by 2019.

YouTube not liable on copyright, but needs to do more: German court

DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court reaffirmed on Wednesday that YouTube was only responsible for blocking copyright-infringing videos which had been brought to its attention, but the judicial panel said the Google video unit could do more to stop breaches.

BMW manager: could imagine partnerships with IT firms

MUNICH (Reuters) - BMW is open to building cars for other companies such as Google or Apple, the automaker's production chief said on Wednesday, adding that there are currently no such talks.

Sao Paulo city council takes first step to ban Uber

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The city council of Sao Paulo, South America's largest metropolis, voted to ban the U.S.-based Uber ride-sharing service late Tuesday, the latest setback for the company after several countries took similar steps in recent months.

Austrian student's privacy battle against Facebook suffers setback

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian student's legal battle against Facebook, accusing it of helping the U.S. security service collect personal data, suffered a setback after a Vienna court rejected his case on procedural grounds, both sides said on Wednesday.

China adopts new security law to make networks, systems 'controllable'

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's legislature adopted a sweeping national security law on Wednesday that covers everything from territorial sovereignty to measures to tighten cyber security, a move likely to rile foreign businesses.

U.S. judge signs off on Sprint's $50 million 'cramming' settlement

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge signed off on Tuesday on a $50 million settlement between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sprint Corp over claims the mobile carrier added unauthorized charges to customer phone bills.