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GDPR procedural reform should be wrapped up by June, EU official says
The GDPR procedural reform should be wrapped up by June 30, Karolina Mojzesowicz, a senior commission official responsible for data protection, said today. She supp... (more story)
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Tech companies see EU’s GDPR procedural reform advancing despite criticism
Tech companies — from US giants such as Meta Platforms, Google and Microsoft to European startups — worry that EU lawmakers are rushing to wrap up a draft EU law to... (more story)
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Platforms, banks in Thailand to share cybercrime liability under new decree
Financial institutions, social media platforms and telecommunications providers in Thailand could soon be required to do more to fight tech crimes and protect their... (more story)
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The GDPR procedural reform should be wrapped up by June 30, Karolina Mojzesowicz, a senior commission official responsible for data protection, said today. She supports the lead European legislator’s tight sch... (more story)
Companies involved in telemarketing that infringed the personal information of citizens are bracing for sweeping enforcement in China, as authorities move to tackle violations exposed by state broadcaster CCTV... (more story)
India will proceed cautiously with introduction of the Digital Competition Bill to regulate large digital enterprises, a minister said yesterday. The draft bill has faced criticism for its discretionary powers... (more story)
File-sharing and file-storage services have a higher risk of being used for spreading child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, compared to other kinds of platforms, UK online safety regulator Ofcom said as it lau... (more story)
China has issued guiding opinions for small and medium-sized enterprises to bolster compliance across various domains, including cybersecurity and data security, underscoring the need for a compliance overhaul... (more story)
Facing significant legal challenges in its antitrust investigations of Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, the Indian watchdog is actively working to overturn a high court stay that has halted its probe into th... (more story)
Tom Kemp, a privacy policy advisor who has written a book criticizing Big Tech’s collection of data and use of artificial intelligence, has been appointed the executive director of California’s privacy regulator.
In a trial next month, Meta Platforms will seek $444,719 in damages and other fees from the owner of Pegasus spyware, which was installed on Meta’s instant messaging app WhatsApp to spy on targets including jo... (more story)
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Tech companies saw the first deadline for enforcement of the UK’s Online Safety Act arrive today, as the media regulator gains powers to investigate online platforms that fail to follow its recently published ... (more story)
The recent safety measures that South Korea’s privacy regulator required for Kakao’s upcoming AI chat assistant service, Kanana, underscores the growing importance of data privacy in artificial intelligence-d... (more story)
In a dispute that echoes the US Supreme Court’s recent scrutiny of TikTok’s privacy threats, a long-running suit against Tencent’s WeChat is approaching a crucial juncture in a California court, with a group o... (more story)
Tech companies — from US giants such as Meta Platforms, Google and Microsoft to European startups — worry that EU lawmakers are rushing to wrap up a draft EU law to streamline procedures for privacy probes. Ma... (more story)
Taking over a national economic watchdog embroiled in dozens of high-stakes legal battles with well-resourced opponents comes with challenges inside and outside of the courtroom, and FTC Chairman Andrew Fergus... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission, which is subject to some of the same DOGE disruptions as other federal agencies, nonetheless is committed to devoting resources to pursuing actions against Big Tech.
A state judge in Los Angeles has given hundreds of school districts another shot at pursuing negligence claims against social media giants for getting kids hooked on their platforms.
California’s annual data broker registry shows the wide reach of a shadowy industry with nearly 500 companies from more than 40 states and nearly a dozen countries around the world. About one in five collect s... (more story)