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New Zealand privacy regulator seeks to balance compliance, guidance in 2026 December 05, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

New Zealand’s privacy regulator says its future direction will be driven by the need to “find and maintain” a balance between compliance and expectation-setting activities. In a conference speech, Privacy Comm... (more story)

Agentic-AI phone from ByteDance, ZTE sparks competition, data-security concerns December 05, 2025 | MLex Staff

ByteDance’s preview of an agentic-AI assistant built into ZTE’s upcoming Nubia M153 smartphone has triggered immediate pushback from Chinese app developers and raised regulatory concerns. Developers reported a... (more story)

US federal judge questions claims that Shopify secretly collected shopper data December 05, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A federal judge seemed unconvinced at a hearing Thursday that Shopify acted as a hidden data interceptor during routine online transactions.

Google, Flo privacy settlement 'seems fine'; US judge pushes Meta on class size December 05, 2025 | Mike Swift

A federal judge in San Francisco said the settlement proposal by Google and Flo Health to pay a collective $56 million to settle allegations over Flo's sharing of women's reproductive health data with Google a... (more story)

Section 232 tariffs at forefront of USMCA review debate December 04, 2025 | Eliana Hubacker

Representatives from a wide variety of industries called on the US government to keep the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement but differed over whether Section 232 tariffs are necessary to help North American companies... (more story)

US judge rules on more expert testimony in social media case December 04, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A state court judge in California has given permission to competing expert testimony on the usage of social media apps by plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms, ByteDance, Google and Snap in litigation over the plat... (more story)

EU top court faces questions on GDPR compliance over bank data transfers to US December 04, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Julia Tar

European judges have been asked whether the transfer of personal banking data to the US under a bilateral agreement violates the EU’s privacy rules. The case has attracted attention because of diverse decision... (more story)

UK-EU data adequacy could be derailed by EU GDPR reforms, UK lawmakers fear December 04, 2025 | Frank Hersey

UK lawmakers have expressed fears for the crucial agreement that allows the flow of data between the UK and EU due to imminent changes to EU privacy law, warning that time is running out for EU member states t... (more story)

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ClaimsHero says it solves class-action woes; US judge fears 'extortion' December 04, 2025 | Mike Swift

Is ClaimsHero the next generation of law firm, a tech law disruptor built on social media technology that will serve consumers better than existing class-action Big Tech settlements that typically provide cons... (more story)

India retreats from mandatory cybersecurity app amid privacy concerns December 04, 2025 | Freny Patel

The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)

Litigation funders set to dodge EU-wide regulatory action — for now December 02, 2025 | Jean Comte

Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)

Web platforms' liability shield faces test in Mass. algorithm case December 01, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to be the first state appellate court to hear arguments of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Meta Platforms from a lawsuit alleging i... (more story)

Mississippi’s online child-safety law faces high-stakes constitutional test November 28, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)

Slaughter’s legal showdown has broad implications (FTCWatch) November 28, 2025 | Claude Marx

The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)

US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption November 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by not only creating new policies, but also pre... (more story)

Cybersecurity community needs US sharing law reauthorized to reduce friction November 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Private industry is pushing for a longer-term fix for the cybersecurity sharing law that allows companies to share intelligence without fear of violating antitrust law, because uncertainty shrouding the sharin... (more story)