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US FTC gets responses to chatbot survey as it prioritizes kids' privacy, Ferguson says November 10, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Trade Commission is beginning to receive responses to its probe on chatbots that will inform policy across the country, Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Monday.

Meta joins EU data transfer appeals that could set precedent for future cases November 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Meta Platforms Ireland has been allowed to intervene in two joined appeals before the EU’s top court, supporting the European Commission in a dispute over alleged unlawful data transfers to the US via the Face... (more story)

EU ‘digital omnibus’ reforms would harm GDPR, warn digital rights NGOs November 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Planned European Commission reforms to simplify technology rules would erode key privacy and data protection safeguards, according to a letter sent Monday and seen by MLex, in which leading digital rights NGOs... (more story)

Data access and retention by law enforcement rises up EU security agenda November 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Luca Bertuzzi

Data retention and data access for law enforcement have become priorities in the EU’s internal security agenda, with Denmark, which is currently chairing the legislative agenda for member states, urging them t... (more story)

Humphrey's Executor shouldn't exist, two state AGs say November 08, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Tennessee's attorney general said Friday that a 90-year-old US Supreme Court ruling, which established that Congress can constitutionally limit the president's power to remove officials from independent regula... (more story)

California privacy agency to sponsor trio of privacy bills next year November 08, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

California’s privacy agency voted Friday to pursue a trio of legislative proposals next year that would expand the state’s landmark privacy law, including new whistleblower protections modeled on federal progr... (more story)

Slaughter warns US Supreme Court of governance risks if FTC firing not reversed November 07, 2025 | Claude Marx

Lawyers for former US Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter told the Supreme Court Friday that upholding her firing at the hands of President Donald Trump would “profoundly destabilize” key ... (more story)

LinkedIn revises EU AI training plans after Irish regulator's risk flagging November 07, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Microsoft's LinkedIn has scaled back plans to use personal data from its European users to train generative AI models after the Irish privacy watchdog raised concerns. The move follows regulatory backlash over... (more story)

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Some Big Tech companies faced big legal, regulatory bills this quarter November 11, 2025 | Mike Swift

From Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to Google’s $3.5 billion European antitrust fine to Snap building an age verification system to comply with Australia’s forthcoming so... (more story)

China's AI push banks on cheap power to offset chip-efficiency gap November 10, 2025 | MLex Staff

China's push to replace foreign semiconductors in data centers with domestic alternatives highlights the steep economic and efficiency trade-offs of technological self-reliance. In its pursuit of AI leadership... (more story)

Australia braces for under-16 social media restrictions even as questions remain November 10, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Australia is just a month away from enforcing the world's first social media restrictions for children under 16. Despite the fast-approaching deadline, concerns persist about the reliability of age-assurance t... (more story)

Six weeks in, US shutdown delays inject uncertainty into FTC probes November 07, 2025 | Alex Wilts, Madeline Hughes, Chris May and Mike Swift

The record-breaking US government shutdown has entered its sixth week, creating uncertainty over how the Federal Trade Commission will handle stalled cases once furloughed staff return and whether the prolonge... (more story)

Can UK privacy watchdog's move to clarify decision making appease its critics? November 07, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK privacy regulator has moved to codify how it explains decisions to investigate and to enforce amid criticism over inaction on major data breaches. The draft guidance from the Information Commissioner’s ... (more story)

EU Commission to tweak GDPR’s core definitions in simplification push November 06, 2025 | Júlia Tar, Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s landmark data-protection law is set to be amended with targeted updates as part of its digital simplification drive. In its proposals, seen by MLex and set to be published Nov. 19, the European Commis... (more story)

Japan's new data chief reframes privacy law as a foundation for data use November 06, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

In a move to complement a speech by Japan’s new data protection chief on the purpose of the country’s personal-information protection law, the Personal Information Protection Commission plans to shift its emph... (more story)

Proposed FTC Commissioner Baasch brings privacy, competition litigation chops to agency November 05, 2025 | Mike Swift and Chris May

Ryan Baasch, President Trump’s choice to be the next member of the US Federal Trade Commission, is a lawyer who knows the inside of a courtroom, even as he was the field general leading one of the most effecti... (more story)