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Illuminate Education agrees to overhaul data security in US FTC settlement
Education-technology provider Illuminate Education has agreed to overhaul its cybersecurity practices under a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, after... (more story)
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US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption
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... (more story)
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In Meta case over mental health issues, US judge asks states for more trial information
A US federal judge asked states to provide more information on how they plan to structure a trial in their lawsuit against Meta Platforms over the social media comp... (more story)
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Coupang is facing fresh questions over whether a shared login system with its fintech arm Coupang Pay has left customers’ payment data exposed, as South Korea’s financial regulators step up scrutiny of the e-c... (more story)
Australia’s privacy watchdog has not been advised of any dates, milestones or formal consultations for the second tranche of Privacy Act changes, the regulator has said. At a parliamentary hearing this week, A... (more story)
China’s public security authority has issued a draft that proposes broader police-led cybersecurity supervision and inspections, marking a shift that could have significant implications for companies handling ... (more story)
Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressed deep dissatisfaction with the newly released versions of children's online safety legislation that gutted previous versions which had garnered bip... (more story)
Apple has offered to change the way it prompts users to consent to data-gathering by app developers, in a move the German competition authority said may address its antitrust concerns. Apple will offer "neutra... (more story)
Operators of online marketplaces must proactively identify and control the processing of personal data contained in user-posted advertisements, the EU's highest court has ruled, tightening compliance expectati... (more story)
Coupang is confronting not just political outrage but the prospect of a crushing regulatory sanction, after South Korea’s privacy watchdog vowed a stern response to the leak of roughly 33.7 million user record... (more story)
China’s internet authority plans to strengthen efforts to protect personal information and improve cross-border data-transfer management under its 2026-2030 work plan, a senior official said. The regulator wil... (more story)
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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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)
India’s data-protection law and its rules have sparked regulatory uncertainty for multinationals. Despite the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 appearing liberal initially, the DPDP Rules reintroduce c... (more story)