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Media Matters win against US FTC paves way for GDI success on investigative demand
The Global Disinformation Index, or GDI, has joined Media Matters in asking a US court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into an alleged advertiser boyco... (more story)
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Illuminate Education agrees to overhaul data security in US FTC settlement
Education-technology provider Illuminate Education has agreed to overhaul its cybersecurity practices under a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, after... (more story)
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US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption
A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by... (more story)
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Google's package of changes to the functioning of its online advertising services is under formal consultation with customers and rivals, to assess whether it resolves concerns over a conflict of interest, Ter... (more story)
The inclusion of a warning that children would be less safe in a “logged-out” state in Google’s announcement on how YouTube will comply with Australia’s new social media restrictions for under 16s is a problem... (more story)
Regulators in Shanghai and Changsha, the capital of Central China’s Hunan province, have highlighted a series of personal-data protection failures across tech, healthcare and consumer services as part of effor... (more story)
Social media platform X Corp. and Australia’s online-safety regulator will move to the general discovery phase before filing further evidence in a civil-penalty case tied to a reporting-notice dispute, a court... (more story)
The upcoming review process for the trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada affords a major opportunity to address a host of concerns in the deal, even if it has been mostly successful, a ... (more story)
EU governments are questioning the European Commission’s plan to create a Single Entry Point for cyber-incident reporting, warning in a recent document seen by MLex that the proposal raises unresolved concerns... (more story)
The EU's new definition of personal data in its drive to simplify the bloc's data protection law could undermine safeguards of rights, complicate transfer rules, and put added strain on supervisory authorities... (more story)
Coupang is facing fresh questions over whether a shared login system with its fintech arm Coupang Pay has left customers’ payment data exposed, as South Korea’s financial regulators step up scrutiny of the e-c... (more story)
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The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to be the first state appellate court to hear arguments of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Meta Platforms from a lawsuit alleging i... (more story)
Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)
The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)
A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by not only creating new policies, but also pre... (more story)
Private industry is pushing for a longer-term fix for the cybersecurity sharing law that allows companies to share intelligence without fear of violating antitrust law, because uncertainty shrouding the sharin... (more story)
Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)