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Australia unveils right to erasure as part of draft changes to privacy laws August 31, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Australia has released draft changes to the 1988 Privacy Act that would introduce a limited right to erasure from large digital platforms, a fair and reasonable test for data handling, stronger consent rules a... (more story)

AI models pose cyber risks that can threaten financial stability, FSB head warns August 31, 2026 | Neil Roland

Advanced artificial intelligence models pose a risk to global financial stability through their potential impact on cybersecurity, Andrew Bailey, head of the Financial Stability Board, told the Group of 20 eco... (more story)

South Korea's GS Retail faces privacy fine over credential-stuffing attacks August 31, 2026 | Jenny Lee

GS Retail has been fined 12.8 billion won ($9.3 million) by South Korea’s privacy regulator after credential-stuffing attacks exposed personal information belonging to more than 1.6 million users of its GS Sho... (more story)

Seven harmful-content sites block UK access following Ofcom scrutiny August 28, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Seven online services hosting harmful content have blocked UK access after Ofcom launched an enforcement program examining their compliance with the Online Safety Act's child-protection duties, the regulator s... (more story)

South Korean adoption agency fined over poorly secured sensitive data August 28, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s state childcare and adoption agency stored sensitive children’s data on poorly secured devices and lacked basic controls to track their movement, a privacy official told MLex. The privacy regulat... (more story)

Apple battles over encryption protections for biometrics in US Photos app case August 27, 2026 | Mike Swift

Apple told a federal judge in East St. Louis, Illinois, that because data that can be used to group similar faces is fully encrypted after it leaves a user's device, its iPhone Photos app couldn't have violate... (more story)

Meta settlement to fund states' consumer protection efforts August 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms’ $17.1 billion settlement with more than 50 attorneys general across the US will mostly go to states’ consumer protection funds, with some states directing funds specifically to programs associa... (more story)

After Meta's US settlement, whistleblower more optimistic about child safety August 27, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms’ settlement Wednesday with US attorneys general addressing its child safety features is a great jumping-off point for how the US regulates social media, said Frances Haugen, the whistleblower wh... (more story)

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Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta Platforms has quietly turned its $17 billion US youth safety settlement into a vehicle for wiping away years of lingering state risk over Cambridge Analytica.

TikTok, YouTube, Snap hold key to ultimate success of US states' deal with Meta August 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

YouTube, TikTok and Snap continued to stay silent Friday about whether they will agree to make teen-safety changes to their platforms in line with what Meta Platforms agreed to earlier this week as part of a $... (more story)

Brazil puts other platforms on notice after Discord child-safety lawsuit August 28, 2026 | Henrique Santiago

The Brazilian Attorney General’s Office sued Discord over allegedly violating the country’s online child-protection framework, as well as safeguards concerning women and animals. The office demands immediate p... (more story)

EU lawmakers' digital simplification amendments show divide over privacy August 28, 2026 | Júlia Tar

EU lawmakers have totted up more than 1,800 proposed amendments in their review of the EU's Digital Omnibus, intended to simplify the bloc's digital rulebooks. They show divisions over the definition of person... (more story)

Independent auditor overseeing US Meta compliance seen as linchpin to deal August 27, 2026 | Mike Swift

Meta whistleblowers and others view the inclusion of an independent auditor to police Meta Platforms' compliance with a landmark $17 billion deal to make Instagram and Facebook less addictive to minors as a ke... (more story)

Meta deal bolsters UK case for social-media age controls ahead of under-16s ban August 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Meta Platforms' pledge of new safeguards for teen US users could bolster the UK government's case for age-based controls as it prepares to ban social media for under-16s from spring 2027. The tech giant has pr... (more story)

Meta’s US concessions offer EU leverage in Digital Services Act cases August 27, 2026 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Meta Platforms’ settlement of US lawsuits this week could pressure the European Commission to secure commitments in ongoing EU proceedings over youth safety and addictive design. The settlement becomes powerfu... (more story)

Key financial reforms on the line as EU enters packed fall negotiating season August 27, 2026 | Fanny Roux

EU institutions are racing to finalize major financial reforms by year-end — including market integration, securitization, pensions and the digital euro — while new proposals to boost the EU capital markets ar... (more story)