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Google agrees to settle US Android cellular data suit for $135 million
Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle long-running litigation over its appropriation of cellular data transmitted to the company from Android smartphones,... (more story)
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Philippines flags potential record privacy fine in first access-request case
The Philippine National Privacy Commission has ordered Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. to release complete CCTV footage and imposed a fine equal to 0.75 percent of i... (more story)
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South Korea's no-action letter offers assurance, but will it revive data use?
South Korea’s privacy regulator has introduced no-action letters to revive the use of pseudonymized data by offering advance assurance against enforcement, aiming t... (more story)
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The unexpected illness of a lead lawyer has delayed the start of the first bellwether trial against Meta Platforms and YouTube over the alleged addictive design of social media platforms. Opening statements ar... (more story)
US state attorneys general and Meta Platforms filed dueling motions asking a federal judge to decide key issues in their sprawling youth-safety lawsuit, with the states pressing for an early ruling that Meta i... (more story)
Law enforcement access to data will be a focus for Cyprus in its role chairing EU member states' work on legislative files in the first half of this year, with work planned on data retention, lawful intercepti... (more story)
UK online safety regulator Ofcom will face a legal challenge on Feb. 26 over its refusal to disclose information about meetings and engagement with major tech companies. The case, brought by nonprofit group Cl... (more story)
China’s public security regulator has released a draft law on cybercrime prevention and control, seeking to establish a dedicated legal framework to curb what it describes as an increasingly severe and complex... (more story)
China’s digital-music industry continues to face multiple structural challenges, including opaque data practices and algorithmic control, issues that industry figures say are raising competition concerns while... (more story)
California’s privacy watchdog is co-sponsoring legislation to expand the rights of residents of the largest US state to delete the personal data that companies hold about them. With the proposed Expanding Priv... (more story)
A US federal judge on Friday left intact a $425.6 million jury verdict against Google in a closely watched privacy class action, denying plaintiffs’ bids for a permanent injunction and $2.36 billion in disgorg... (more story)
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As the US Federal Trade Commission looks to implement potential policies to bolster the use of age verification technology, experts urge data minimization practices.
Roblox, Discord, Snap and Meta Platforms are facing new multidistrict litigation alleging they facilitated sexual predators' assaults against children on their platforms. That litigation, the In Re: Roblox Cor... (more story)
Airbnb’s potential liability for illegal subletting has become the subject of disagreement after France’s top court sent two cases back on appeal, with critics warning the approach risks departing from EU case... (more story)
The theory that tech giants intentionally targeted and manipulated young minds for profit will soon be put to the test, with the first in a series of trials set to begin next week in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
One year into US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the “Trump-Vance FTC," the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s regulatory philosophy on data privacy and artificial intelligence i... (more story)
Social media age bans are rapidly moving up the political agenda in Europe, with France and several other member states pressing ahead with national measures as the EU weighs whether to act at bloc level. With... (more story)
Work is set to begin in the coming weeks on negotiations for agreeing an extension of EU privacy rules that would allow platforms to continue to take a voluntary approach to detecting online child sexual abuse... (more story)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned in 2024 of the threat of “unchecked digital tracking” by AI systems making employment decisions, saying such practices could violate a 1970s-era federal financia... (more story)