Data Privacy and Security

Challenges by Meta Platforms, X and TikTok to UK regulator Ofcom’s information requests under the Online Safety Act will be heard next Monday by the same judge, according to court listings. Meta previously tol... (more story)

IQVIA has been fined €7 million under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, after Italy’s privacy regulator found that its coded database contained health data that could be linked to around a million p... (more story)

Meta Platforms’ child-safety safeguards following its US settlement may not be enough to satisfy the EU’s Digital Services Act, a European Commission spokesperson said. The commission expects equivalent protec... (more story)

South Korea's Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank reported data breaches affecting a combined 25,119 customers following illegal access by external parties to internal systems, triggering on-site inspections by t... (more story)

A planned joint trial of the class action over Medibank’s 2022 data breach and the Australian privacy regulator’s enforcement case could be reconsidered after proposed amendments to the class-action pleadings ... (more story)

South Korea's privacy regulator is promising companies swifter and more predictable breach investigations, along with a clearer picture of how their fines are calculated, at a time when the penalties for viola... (more story)

Australia’s online-safety watchdog has urged Roblox, Mojang Studios, Epic Games and Valve to strengthen child protections after finding gaps in age checks, harmful-content detection and information sharing. De... (more story)

Japanese companies should understand the essence of data protection law and assess the risks of their own use of personal data, rather than treat the law as a compliance checklist, a senior privacy commission ... (more story)