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GoodRx, Criteo $32 million settlement set to be approved by US judge on third try September 03, 2026 | Xu Yuan

A proposed $32 million settlement to resolve privacy allegations against telemedicine platform GoodRx and French adtech firm Criteo, in its third iteration, is set to receive preliminary approval, a US federal judge said.

Netflix faces German complaints over AI voice training September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Germany's professional association for voice actors said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the country's antitrust authority — and was backing separate privacy complaints in Berlin — against Netflix ov... (more story)

EU Quantum Act could arrive this year to support industry scale-up, official says September 03, 2026 | Júlia Tar

The European Commission could present its planned Quantum Act later this year, although internal delays could push the proposal into 2027, an official said. Thomas Skordas, a senior official in the commission’... (more story)

Kakao takes 'no leak' argument to South Korea's high court in privacy appeal September 03, 2026 | Jenny Lee

Kakao told the Seoul High Court on Thursday that personal information at the center of a 2023 KakaoTalk open-chat incident was never actually leaked from its systems, challenging the basis for a 15.1 billion w... (more story)

EU’s highest court curbs unrestricted access to shareholder data September 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman

EU countries may not allow anyone to obtain personal data on every minority shareholder in a public limited company without demonstrating a legitimate interest, the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. A Latvi... (more story)

Tving's data breach reveals security failures from single key to mass-data theft September 03, 2026 | Wooyoung Lee

South Korea’s investigation into the data breaches involving the country’s streaming service Tving found that a stolen developer’s key became a gateway to development projects and technical assets of the compa... (more story)

PayPal hit with privacy allegations over Venmo data-sharing September 02, 2026 | Xu Yuan

PayPal’s payment app Venmo illegally shared users’ personal information including transaction details with third-party tracking technology providers such as Kochava, a US lawsuit alleges.

Let EU short-term rental data sharing inform new legislation, tech group says September 02, 2026 | Júlia Tar

The EU’s new short-term rental data-sharing system should be allowed to produce evidence of activity in local markets before further restrictions are proposed under the planned Affordable Housing Act, technolo... (more story)

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US faces long list of trade challenges with Canada, Mexico September 03, 2026 | Bradley Dress

The US has a long list of issues that have become outstanding challenges in trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico and are preventing the closing of a deal, including disputes over cheese, cars, foreign lan... (more story)

Meta’s US settlement fuels global push for teen safeguards September 03, 2026 | Matthew Newman, Xu Yuan, Maria Dinzeo, Madeline Hughes, Jenny Lee, James Konstantin Galvez, Roffie Kurniawan and Jet Damazo-Santos

From Seoul to Singapore and London to Brussels, Meta Platforms’ landmark settlement with 51 US jurisdictions in August has reverberated globally, prompting calls for similar child-protection requirements elsew... (more story)

Google’s US adtech win gives EU new remedy headache September 02, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Google persuaded a US judge not to break up its adtech business, putting the European Commission in an awkward position of deciding whether to settle for the same solution or push for an asset sale and risk a ... (more story)

California passes slate of bills advancing child online-safety push September 01, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

California’s child online-safety push is entering a more mature phase, as lawmakers use lessons from years of litigation and earlier legislation to tighten age-assurance rules, revive privacy protections, regu... (more story)

Does social media’s liability shield still hold after recent EU court rulings? September 01, 2026 | Sara Brandstätter

Recent EU court rulings are raising questions over how broadly social media platforms can still rely on liability shields for user-generated content. Russmedia, Coyote and a YouTube judgment point to greater r... (more story)

Former Meta employees who shared documents crucial to US AGs' cases August 31, 2026 | Madeline Hughes

Whistleblowers who took and shared documents from Meta Platforms, as well as other former employees, were crucial to the cases brought by US attorneys general against the company.

Meta uses $17bn US social media deal to turn the page on Cambridge Analytica August 28, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

Meta Platforms has quietly turned its $17 billion US youth safety settlement into a vehicle for wiping away years of lingering state risk over Cambridge Analytica.

TikTok, YouTube, Snap hold key to ultimate success of US states' deal with Meta August 28, 2026 | Mike Swift

YouTube, TikTok and Snap continued to stay silent Friday about whether they will agree to make teen-safety changes to their platforms in line with what Meta Platforms agreed to earlier this week as part of a $... (more story)