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US judge scraps GoodRx privacy settlement, orders lawyers 'back to the drawing board' June 13, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A US federal judge threw out a proposed $25 million settlement over claims GoodRx illegally shared sensitive health data with Google, Meta and Criteo, blasting both sides for failing to justify the deal as the... (more story)

Change Healthcare urges US judge to trim 'behemoth' data breach case June 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

Lawyers for Change Healthcare urged a federal judge in Minnesota to trim back litigation claims stemming from the largest healthcare data breach in US history in February 2024, saying consumer plaintiffs in th... (more story)

Legal questions on 23andMe data sale raised by US states, privacy ombudsman June 12, 2025 | Mike Swift

Even as a large, bipartisan group of US states sues to block the sale of bankrupt 23andMe’s genetic and other personal data, a court appointed privacy ombudsman issued a report late yesterday saying the sale o... (more story)

Platforms should expect further UK online safety proposals, tech minister says June 12, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Digital platforms should expect proposals for new UK online safety measures that go beyond current legislation, technology minister Peter Kyle said today. A package of proposals "in the not too distant future"... (more story)

Meta’s WhatsApp to join Apple lawsuit over UK investigatory powers June 12, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Meta’s WhatsApp unit has applied to intervene in Apple’s lawsuit against the UK Home Office over surveillance powers, the company confirmed today. The messaging platform told a London tribunal that the case co... (more story)

AI opportunities likely to flow from new UK data law, data watchdog says June 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey

UK companies using and developing artificial intelligence are set to get more opportunities and clarity on using the technology when the government's data reform bill become law shortly and from the planned in... (more story)

France, Hungary, Ireland back extending child abuse regime for messaging apps June 12, 2025 | Júlia Tar

France, Hungary and Ireland have joined Poland in backing an extension of a measure to allow messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal to continue voluntarily monitoring and reporting child sexual abuse material... (more story)

UK lawmakers approve data bill despite AI copyright disputes June 12, 2025 | Frank Hersey and Patricia Figueiredo

UK businesses have seen the long-awaited data reform passed in the UK Parliament, after the Data (Use and Access) Bill was agreed on yesterday by the House of Lords. The final version includes limited commitme... (more story)

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Businesses push for unified 'New England' privacy model; lawmakers aren’t convinced June 12, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Business groups are urging northeastern states to rally around a single framework for data privacy, calling it the “New England model.” But lawmakers in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont aren’t buying it, inste... (more story)

Global privacy regulators handed out over $18 billion in fines over last decade June 11, 2025 | Mike Swift, Matthew Newman and James Panichi

The cost of data privacy violations for the largest companies that trade in personal data continues to escalate, with the world's privacy regulators handing out more than $18 billion in monetary privacy sancti... (more story)

New ruling deepens divergence among US judges on intent in website tracking cases June 11, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A new ruling addressing whether Google, via its website trackers, intended to receive sensitive personal data from health providers shows a divide continues to exist among federal judges in California over int... (more story)

Justice's contrary vote unlikely to derail social media restrictions in Brazil June 10, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

After recommencing a Brazilian trial on the constitutionality of Article 19 of the nation's Internet Civil Rights Framework, Justice André Mendonça supplied the first pro-Big Tech vote so far. But other Suprem... (more story)

US FTC 'Attention Economy' conference carries kids' privacy warnings for tech industry June 10, 2025 | Mike Swift

An ambitious, young, conservative leadership at the US Federal Trade Commission — many of them now parents who grew up as digital natives in the 2000s — appear to have the means and the determination to police... (more story)

The mixed privacy legacy of New Zealand's facial-recognition green light June 06, 2025 | James Panichi and Saloni Sinha

This week’s conclusion by New Zealand’s privacy watchdog that a six-month facial-recognition trial by supermarket chain Foodstuffs North Island didn’t clash with the country’s privacy law may prove to be a Pyr... (more story)

US DOGE is third-party as it requests data from businesses June 04, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

As the US Department of Government Efficiency attempts to access data from state-run federal programs, it is now the third-party forcing businesses to choose: disclose information likely protected by state con... (more story)

Brazil restores social media accountability trial after turbulent period June 04, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The Supreme Court is set to vote today on two investigations into the constitutionality of Article 19, which sets that social media companies are generally not liable for third-party content unless they fail t... (more story)