Data Privacy and Security

EU governments would seek a review of data protection obligations and shorten the waiting period before providers can make a repeat request for cookie consent, under a revised Digital Omnibus draft dated Oct. ... (more story)

TikTok’s challenge of information requests made under the UK’s Online Safety Act is targeting the regulator’s use of its information-gathering powers, which TikTok said goes beyond what the law permits, the co... (more story)

New artificial-intelligence regulation may be needed to rein in development of cutting-edge tools that pose risks to society, said Dan Katz, the International Monetary Fund’s first deputy managing director. Th... (more story)

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)