Tech Giants like Meta and Google constantly make headlines for the lawsuits they face around the world. Very often these lawsuits are related to unethical business practices around processing and handling user data – for example, sharing it with third-parties without users consent, or outright lying to users about who can access their personal data. This is part of their business strategies because these tech companies rather build products the way they like to build them than look at what’s legally allowed. Then, of course, tech companies are found liable and ordered to pay penalties worth billions of dollars, and other times they agree to settle – but in the end they probably calculated the fines into their overall business strategy. In the end, the amount they pay is often very little relative to Big Tech companies’ excessive earnings, it is still positive to see that around the world, countries are standing up for their citizens' rights and holding tech giants accountable. So, let’s take a look at the biggest fines in tech history and why they incurred them.