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Meta settles UK lawsuit over use of personal data for advertising
Meta Platforms has settled a UK lawsuit and agreed to stop using personal data from Tanya O’Carroll, a campaigner who'd argued the company's use of targeted ads did... (more story)
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China's new rules on facial recognition seek to balance security, innovation
Personal-information handlers using facial-recognition technology to process information in China are preparing for new regulations that will govern the security ma... (more story)
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EU Parliament committee moves forward on child protection online
A European Parliament committee is moving forward with a draft report on child protection, set for submission in May, MLex has learned. The initiative is led by Dan... (more story)
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Meta Platforms has settled a UK lawsuit and agreed to stop using personal data from Tanya O’Carroll, a campaigner who'd argued the company's use of targeted ads did not follow the UK GDPR. The national data pr... (more story)
Personal-information handlers using facial-recognition technology to process information in China are preparing for new regulations that will govern the security management of the technology, as authorities se... (more story)
The Australian privacy watchdog’s newly established unit, designed to manage the transition to the government’s recent legislative changes to the Privacy Act, will also oversee the implementation of the countr... (more story)
The US Department of Commerce is likely going to maintain its central role in tech policy — creating standards and entering into agreements — with a sharpened focus on national security under President Donald ... (more story)
Plaintiffs suing Meta Platforms over the use of its Pixel tracking tool have asked to depose CEO Mark Zuckerberg because he’s privy to the company’s decision-making for implementing privacy protections.
The Swedish game studio Star Stable Entertainment needs to hand in information on potential harmful practices of their game on children, the European Commission announced today. The enforcement actions are led... (more story)
Vietnam has released a new draft of its upcoming personal data protection law, which introduces proposed fines of up to 5 percent of the previous year’s revenue and revises provisions related to impact assessm... (more story)
Ireland’s media regulator is set to enforce key Online Safety Code provisions from July, including age assurance measures for adult content, which means platforms must ensure compliance, Online Safety Commissi... (more story)
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Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no d... (more story)
Despite a six-month extension, the renewal of the EU-UK data adequacy status could still face challenges as the UK government rushes to get its Data (Use and Access) Bill ready to face scrutiny by EU officials... (more story)
The Japanese Children and Families Agency's recent decision to delay the national rollout of an artificial intelligence tool designed to detect child abuse has highlighted important lessons for Japan, where th... (more story)
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)
The limits of California’s “limited” private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act are being tested in federal court with a pair of rulings that suggest US judges may be taking a broader vi... (more story)
Hong Kong's CK Hutchison may encounter a complex web of regulatory challenges in China as it seeks to divest port assets in a high-profile deal to a consortium spearheaded by BlackRock. The deal, which is sign... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission has many constituencies, but federal judges are one of the most important. A group of former FTC commissioners and agency officials who spoke to MLex about the unprecedented fir... (more story)
While the chair of the US Federal Trade Commission has always had broad discretion to open and close cases, there were internal checks and balances within the independent agency to keep tabs on the cases and f... (more story)