A California federal judge kept a proposed privacy class action alleging that Meta covertly linked Android users’ mobile browsing activity to their Facebook and Instagram accounts mostly intact, but rejected a... (more story)

UK regulators need greater “political cover” if they are to take a less risk-averse approach and back ministers' economic growth agenda, lawmakers have warned. Ahead of the government unveiling its next legisl... (more story)

The EU’s proposed Cybersecurity Act revision is driven by security concerns rather than economic considerations, a European Commission spokesperson said on Tuesday during a press briefing. Thomas Regnier was r... (more story)

Indonesia’s prolonged delay in establishing an independent data-protection authority and issuing implementing rules for its 2022 privacy law is drawing mounting scrutiny, as petitioners at the Constitutional C... (more story)

Privacy penalties in South Korea are set to increase further after the government revised a decree under the country’s privacy law to allow the privacy regulator to use a higher revenue figure when calculating... (more story)

China highlighted fair competition enforcement, the use of artificial intelligence in public bidding reviews and efforts to facilitate data flows in a business-environment report released by the country’s top ... (more story)

A legal proposal to delay children’s access to social media could be introduced this summer, the European Commission President said, as the EU steps up efforts to tackle addictive platform design and online ha... (more story)

New Zealand’s government is advancing legislation after a ruling by the country's top court last year found police unlawfully used a photograph taken during a routine traffic stop to secure an unrelated convic... (more story)