Data Privacy and Security

The sharp rise in the number of privacy complaints, fueled by those drafted using AI, is putting increasing pressure on German regulators’ capacity, the chair of the body that groups the country's 18 federal a... (more story)

French retailer Fnac Darty could be fined €10 million for violating a French data protection law that requires companies to obtain prior consent for downloading cookies used for online shopping, a French priva... (more story)

Online Q&A forum Quora has been removed from the UK Online Safety Act category that carries the highest regulatory burden. The platform was previously designated by watchdog Ofcom as a Category 1 service but i... (more story)

An EU proposal for US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft to use “voluntary conciliation” in disputes over telecom network fees is unlikely to be used in practice, a key EU lawmaker said ... (more story)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of the Belgian city of Ghent must justify retaining baptismal data after an objection, a senior adviser to the EU’s highest court said on Thursday. Belgian judges must weigh the chur... (more story)

The South Korean government plans to raise disciplinary standards for public officials for violations of cybersecurity rules when a data breach occurs. By November, it will establish serious data breaches as i... (more story)

Reddit’s challenge to Australia’s under-16 social media ban should be rejected despite uncertainty about the evidence linking social media use to harm, the government has told the country’s top court. In a rec... (more story)

X Corp. faced questions by a panel of US appeals court judges over its attempt to hold a nonprofit that reported on the rise of hate speech and conspiracy theories on the platform responsible for the loss of a... (more story)