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SK Telecom breach probe reveals long-hidden malware, possible personal data leaks
The recent hacking attack on SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, can be traced back to malware planted on the company’s servers as early as June 2022 ... (more story)
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Microsoft, Meta seek South Korea's pre-launch privacy review for AI services
Microsoft and Meta Platforms are undergoing pre-launch reviews by South Korea’s privacy regulator ahead of the planned rollout of their artificial intelligence serv... (more story)
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TikTok owner ByteDance fined EUR530 million in Irish GDPR data-transfer case
TikTok owner ByteDance has been fined 530 million euros by Ireland’s privacy watchdog following an investigation into possible transfers of users’ data to China, th... (more story)
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TikTok sought to paint itself as a unique “free-expression service” with a high ratio of artistic content to argue on the opening day of an appeal trial in London that the UK data watchdog had gone beyond its ... (more story)
Hong Kong's privacy regulator sees no immediate need for new legislation specifically targeting artificial intelligence, despite growing concerns about the technology's impact on data protection. Privacy Commi... (more story)
Users of Flo Health, a period and pregnancy tracking app, have secured certification of a nationwide and a California class against Flo, Meta Platforms and Google in privacy litigation over the app’s use of th... (more story)
The apparently final version of a future EU cybersecurity crisis response "blueprint" underscores a more defined role for the Integrated Political Crisis Response mechanism, or IPCR, increased coordination wit... (more story)
Germany’s new coalition plan to bundle data protection supervision for the private sector with the federal data protection commissioner won’t necessarily improve economic efficiency, the head of Bavaria’s data... (more story)
The EU’s age-verification work will be closely supported by five governments — those of Italy, Denmark, Greece, France and Spain — MLex has learned. These countries are cooperating with the European Commission... (more story)
Dior is under formal investigation by South Korea’s privacy regulator after the French luxury brand disclosed a personal data breach affecting its customers in the country. The Personal Information Protection ... (more story)
Adidas Korea is facing scrutiny from South Korea’s privacy regulator following its recent disclosure of a personal data breach potentially affecting local customers. In a public notice issued last Friday, the ... (more story)
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Clearview AI told a California appeals court that its searchable facial-recognition database for law enforcement is protected free speech under the state's Anti-SLAPP law. The controversial facial recognition ... (more story)
US appeals court judges fired skeptical questions at the union lawyer challenging the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – suggesting that the beleaguered agency... (more story)
AI is an unstoppable technology that is revealing whole new landscapes of concern for data protection, the UK's chief privacy regulator said in a wide-ranging speech in his native New Zealand. Live facial reco... (more story)
Wikimedia's legal challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act is poised to be a landmark test of how the law categorizes services, and thus imposes duties on them, and highlights growing concerns among platforms i... (more story)
Germany’s court-ordered blocks of Pornhub and YouPorn over missing age-verification measures highlight growing regulatory pressure on adult platforms — and test the limits of enforcement under the EU’s Digital... (more story)
The $168 million verdict that a federal jury in California handed out last week to NSO Group Technologies underscores the challenge of putting a dollar value on privacy. WhatsApp’s lawyers in the case recommen... (more story)
Legislation that would require social media companies to display a warning about the potential mental health harms for social media use has been introduced in several US states, in the latest effort to battle ... (more story)
Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)