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US DOJ to consider companies' good faith efforts when enforcing new data rules April 23, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Privacy teams will be tested by complicated new rules meant to restrict the easy flow of Americans’ most sensitive data to “countries of concern,” primarily China. At the IAPP global privacy summit today, data... (more story)

Mobile app companies to face French privacy watchdog enforcement, CNIL official says April 23, 2025 | Matthew Newman

France’s privacy watchdog plans to begin enforcing data protection rules against mobile apps in the coming months as it ensures that companies comply with cookie consent regulations for targeted advertising, a... (more story)

US data governance approach shows Chinese influence, lawyer says April 23, 2025 | Xu Yuan

The US has started adopting certain elements in data and digital governance that have been pioneered by China, in contrast to a previous reluctance to do so, a privacy lawyer with experience in both countries said.

EU should prepare for GDPR review talks, top data protection official says April 23, 2025 | Júlia Tar

The EU must prepare for discussions on reviewing the GDPR, even as its implementation remains incomplete, the bloc’s top data protection official said today. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection... (more story)

GDPR procedural reform to be finalized in May, EU lawmaker says April 23, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Tech companies should see a finalized GDPR procedural law by the end of May, according to the European Parliament’s lead lawmaker on the legislation Markéta Gregorová. The regulation’s aim is to streamline and... (more story)

China to leverage AI, emerging tech to strengthen cybersecurity defenses April 23, 2025 | MLex Staff

In the face of evolving cybersecurity threats driven by technological advancements, China will also harness new technologies such as artificial intelligence to bolster its defenses, a senior Chinese internet o... (more story)

Instagram, Facebook founders’ rivalry spills into US FTC monopolization trial April 22, 2025 | Chris May

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom delivered trial testimony today accusing Meta Platforms’ Chief Executive and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of “starving” Instagram of vital resources and decision-making b... (more story)

UK digital ID companies warn government wallet risks potential 'monopoly' April 22, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK companies providing digital identity services have voiced concern over rivalry from a government digital wallet program that could “stifle innovation” and “limit consumer choice.” A coalition of association... (more story)

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US FTC probes data brokers' international commerce with new data law in effect April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

The new Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act could emerge as a new area for data protection enforcement by the US Federal Trade Commission, with the regulator now investigating multiple data... (more story)

US FTC privacy regime to focus on tech competition, protecting children, Holyoak says April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

In a policy speech that signaled the US Federal Trade Commission’s return to “not stretching our legal authorities,” Commissioner Melissa Holyoak unveiled the Republican majority’s data privacy vision to bolst... (more story)

Are platforms heeding warnings from UK regulators about under-13s’ data access? April 22, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo

Social media apps such as Meta Platforms’ Instagram or ByteDance’s TikTok have a duty not to process the data of children under 13, a senior official at the UK’s privacy watchdog told MLex in an exclusive inte... (more story)

US judge’s CIPA ruling raises bar for privacy plaintiffs targeting session replay April 21, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A federal judge has tightened the standards for privacy claims under California’s wiretap law, ruling that session replay tools don’t violate the statute unless they interpret communications while in transit. ... (more story)

US DOJ continues to treat cyber negligence as contract fraud, data breach or not April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Federal prosecutors are increasingly using the False Claims Act (FCA) to scrutinize government contractors over cybersecurity compliance, even in the absence of actual data breaches or security incidents.

States may argue for issue preclusion in US adtech case against Google in Texas April 18, 2025 | Alex Wilts and Mike Swift

The US Department of Justice’s triumph against Google in a case challenging the tech giant’s practices in digital advertising markets opens up a question over whether states suing the company in Texas will nee... (more story)

FTC’s Meta monopolization suit aims to succeed where DOJ failed: privacy harms April 18, 2025 | Chris May and Mike Swift

Mark Zuckerberg, the highest-profile witness in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking to break up Meta Platforms, offered testimony this week that will help the agency’s attempt to push forward a priva... (more story)

States with common privacy laws team up on US enforcement to tame legal patchwork April 18, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

In the absence of a federal privacy law, a group of state regulators — including California, Connecticut and others — has launched the Consortium of Privacy Regulators to coordinate enforcement and consistent ... (more story)