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South Korean gaming giant Netmarble faces criticism over breach disclosure delay November 27, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Netmarble has disclosed a data breach affecting its PC gaming platform that exposed customer names, birth dates and encrypted passwords, but faces criticism from lawmakers for waiting three days to report the ... (more story)

Shanghai to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines November 27, 2025 | MLex Staff

Shanghai authorities are moving to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and personal-data protection compliance frameworks. Jointly issued b... (more story)

Delay implementing Australian under-16 social-media ban until mid-2026, report says November 27, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

An Australian parliamentary committee has recommended delaying the rollout of the under-16 social-media ban, set to kick in on Dec. 10, to mid-2026, warning that the government and industry need more time to a... (more story)

Meta hit with New Mexico summary judgment motion over kids' safety November 27, 2025 | Mike Swift

Meta Platforms faces a half-dozen motions for summary judgment filed by New Mexico’s attorney general presenting the state’s evidence that Meta knowingly put children at risk to bolster profits, with a trial o... (more story)

UK's digital ID project is unfunded, official fiscal planning report suggests November 26, 2025 | Frank Hersey

UK plans for a digital identity program are not yet funded, according to the Office of Budget Responsibility, an official body that produces economic forecasts and scrutinizes government spending plans. The ch... (more story)

EU Digital Networks Act faces coordinated pushback from six countries November 26, 2025 | Júlia Tar, Matthew Newman and Luca Bertuzzi

EU Digital Networks Act reforms are under pressure as six member states urge the European Commission to drop plans for a harmonized telecoms regulation and instead propose a directive, which would give individ... (more story)

Meta asks EU's top court to overturn ‘aberrant’ info demands in antitrust probe November 26, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Meta Platforms has told the EU Court of Justice that investigators were “draining an ocean to catch a fish” when seeking information in an antitrust probe, branding document demands excessive and unnecessary. ... (more story)

Platforms won't have to scan for child abuse material, EU states agree November 26, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Online platforms will not be required to scan for child sexual abuse material and can continue to take a voluntary approach to monitoring such content, EU member states agreed on Wednesday in a key step toward... (more story)

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US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption November 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by not only creating new policies, but also pre... (more story)

Cybersecurity community needs US sharing law reauthorized to reduce friction November 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Private industry is pushing for a longer-term fix for the cybersecurity sharing law that allows companies to share intelligence without fear of violating antitrust law, because uncertainty shrouding the sharin... (more story)

EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda November 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)

India's data rules on conditional localization blindside cross-border business November 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

India’s data-protection law and its rules have sparked regulatory uncertainty for multinationals. Despite the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 appearing liberal initially, the DPDP Rules reintroduce c... (more story)

EU's revised personal data definition sparks debate over GDPR enforcement November 19, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

EU regulators’ proposal to change the definition of personal data in the bloc’s landmark privacy law isn’t just raising hackles with privacy activists for undermining privacy protection; it’s also underscoring... (more story)

AWS, Azure probes show political imperative to tackle ‘backbone’ of EU digital markets November 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services faced the near-inevitable news today that the EU’s tough gatekeeper rulebook was coming for their cloud businesses, thus delivering on political calls that the crucial i... (more story)

UK privacy watchdog raises concerns over resources for expanded cyber remit November 18, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK’s privacy regulator has been raising internal concerns about the legal resources needed to deliver broader cybersecurity enforcement, documents obtained by MLex show. The records, which cover 2021-2024,... (more story)

AI chatbot conversations pose growing privacy risk, researchers warn US Congress November 18, 2025 | Amy Miller

Privacy policies are back in the spotlight as researchers urge US lawmakers to strengthen transparency requirements for artificial intelligence-powered chatbots, especially to protect children. AI companies ar... (more story)