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TikTok tells court it's a 'free-expression platform' so UK GDPR fine is invalid May 20, 2025 | Frank Hersey

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 sees no need for AI-specific legislation, regulator says May 20, 2025 | Yonnex Li

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)

Flo period app users secure nationwide, California classes in privacy litigation May 19, 2025 | Xu Yuan

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)

EU cybersecurity 'blueprint' firmed up; stresses NATO links, information sharing May 19, 2025 | Júlia Tar

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)

German plan to centralize privacy supervision criticized by Bavarian watchdog May 19, 2025 | Matthew Newman

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)

EU age-verification work coordinated with five member states May 19, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

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 under formal probe by South Korea privacy regulator amid backlash over breach handling May 19, 2025 | Jenny Lee

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 reports data breach, faces review by South Korean privacy regulator May 19, 2025 | Jenny Lee

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 asks appeals court to erase privacy suit on free speech grounds May 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

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 questions suggest CFPB to be left in tatters May 19, 2025 | Neil Roland

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’s novel risks, facial recognition, child safety keeping UK privacy chief busy May 19, 2025 | Frank Hersey

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 lawsuit set to test how UK Online Safety Act classifies risky services May 19, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

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)

Blocks on German porn sites put spotlight on shifting age-assurance landscape May 16, 2025 | Júlia Tar

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)

NSO $168 million verdict highlights Google quandary in quantifying value of privacy May 14, 2025 | Mike Swift

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)

US states push for mental health warning labels in targeting social media harm May 12, 2025 | Xu Yuan

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)

A hundred days into US FTC under new chairman, don't call leadership regulators May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift and Ilana Kowarski

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)