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Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location data

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The Associated Press Google has been fined $463 million for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users’ Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history, and in their Location History, a service that maps places they’ve been with their mobile phones. Regulators also found the company failed to be lawful, fair and ...

Local news at a glance: Liberty burglary, New Champion firefighters

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Thousands of dollars in merchandise stolen at Liberty sporting goods store LIBERTY — A woman reported seeing two teenagers in front of a local business the night a local sporting equipment store was broken into, resulting in thousands of dollars in merchandise being stolen. According to a police report, officers were called to Wharmby Sporting Goods on Belmont Avenue on Monday morning for a breaking-and-entering report. Officers spoke with the store’s owner, who said he had arrived to work and saw the building’s glass door was broken out, adding that he found a rock by the ...

Falls education board discusses taping meetings

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NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls Board of Education is considering videotaping its meetings for public viewing and will check to see what other school districts do to record their meetings. Board President Tonya Kline said the board approved at its recent meeting having Superintendent Andreas Johansson check what other school boards do to have their meetings recorded both live and posted afterwards. She said the board members have been discussing the pros and cons of video recording meetings. “We are moving forward to investigate what we can do to videotape our meetings. We ...

Newton Falls to seek funds for its community center

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NEWTON FALLS — New Village Manager Jeremy Shaffer has been meeting with village department heads on various projects, but one that he will focus on is fixing up the community center at the park, Shaffer told village council he has been in contact with Congressman David Joyce’s office to see what federal funding may be available for the work. He said he also has been in contact with Connie Talcott to terminate Heritage Accord’s lease for the building. Shaffer said the village will have control of the center, which he said needs remodeling and upgrade work. “I did a walk ...

Warren man found wearing stolen clothes

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WARREN — Kevin L. Streeter, 37, of North Street was charged in Warren Municipal Court on five misdemeanors after police were called to a Parkman Road store and found him with hundreds of dollars in stolen goods from another store. He is scheduled for arraignments Wednesday on two first-degree misdemeanor charges of petty theft and one of falsification and two low-level misdemeanors of possessing drug paraphernalia and criminal trespassing. Warren police were called to a store in the Trumbull Plaza at 7 p.m. Sunday for a man in who had been caught stealing in the past. When officers ...

Falls education board discusses recording meetings to post for public

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NEWTON FALLS — The Newton Falls board of education is considering videotaping its meetings for public viewing and will check to see what other school districts do to record their meetings. Board President Tonya Kline said the board approved at its recent meeting having Superintendent Andreas Johansson check what other school boards do to have their meetings recorded both live and posted afterwards. She said the board members have been discussing the pros and cons of video recording meetings. “We are moving forward to investigate what we can do to videotape our meetings. We want ...