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Google agrees to settle US Android cellular data suit for $135 million
Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle long-running litigation over its appropriation of cellular data transmitted to the company from Android smartphones,... (more story)
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Philippines flags potential record privacy fine in first access-request case
The Philippine National Privacy Commission has ordered Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. to release complete CCTV footage and imposed a fine equal to 0.75 percent of i... (more story)
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South Korea's no-action letter offers assurance, but will it revive data use?
South Korea’s privacy regulator has introduced no-action letters to revive the use of pseudonymized data by offering advance assurance against enforcement, aiming t... (more story)
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California’s privacy watchdog is co-sponsoring legislation to expand the rights of residents of the largest US state to delete the personal data that companies hold about them. With the proposed Expanding Priv... (more story)
A US federal judge on Friday left intact a $425.6 million jury verdict against Google in a closely watched privacy class action, denying plaintiffs’ bids for a permanent injunction and $2.36 billion in disgorg... (more story)
UK online safety regulator Ofcom has formalized how the Internet Watch Foundation will support enforcement of the Online Safety Act, setting out how the charity can assist in the identification of child sexual... (more story)
An outsourced study on out-of-court dispute settlement bodies under the EU's Digital Services Act involves the European Commission examining issues including admissibility of complaints, platforms’ data-sharin... (more story)
Game platform Roblox is under formal investigation by The Netherlands’ Autoriteit Consument & Markt over potential risks faced by minors on its platform, as the ACM examines whether the company has taken suffi... (more story)
A US federal judge indicated he's likely to certify a class in a lawsuit accusing BetterHelp of sharing sensitive data with Facebook.
A Massachusetts judge is allowing the commonwealth to use mental health data from two state agencies in its consumer protection lawsuit against Meta Platforms that alleges the social media company harmed child... (more story)
EU member states are split over how far the European Commission’s “digital omnibus” simplification package should revisit core elements of the General Data Protection Regulation, with divisions over personal d... (more story)
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The theory that tech giants intentionally targeted and manipulated young minds for profit will soon be put to the test, with the first in a series of trials set to begin next week in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
One year into US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the “Trump-Vance FTC," the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s regulatory philosophy on data privacy and artificial intelligence i... (more story)
Social media age bans are rapidly moving up the political agenda in Europe, with France and several other member states pressing ahead with national measures as the EU weighs whether to act at bloc level. With... (more story)
Work is set to begin in the coming weeks on negotiations for agreeing an extension of EU privacy rules that would allow platforms to continue to take a voluntary approach to detecting online child sexual abuse... (more story)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned in 2024 of the threat of “unchecked digital tracking” by AI systems making employment decisions, saying such practices could violate a 1970s-era federal financia... (more story)
The new TikTok USDS joint venture is emphasizing security as it announces its new ownership structure after a years-long attempt to force the company to divest from Chinese ownership, which ultimately succeede... (more story)
Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl attracted widespread media attention during her failed nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003 before returning to the Los Angeles Superior Court. As the first... (more story)
Brazilian regulators have responded to the Grok AI-generated image scandal by issuing a series of recommendations for the AI chatbot to comply with or risk facing a more serious investigation. Regulators' init... (more story)