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US FTC Chairman Ferguson expects 'Humphrey’s Executor' to be overruled
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson today defended President Donald Trump’s authority to oust two Democratic Party commissioners from the agency, s... (more story)
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Meta settles UK lawsuit over use of personal data for advertising
Meta Platforms has settled a UK lawsuit and agreed to stop using personal data from Tanya O’Carroll, a campaigner who'd argued the company's use of targeted ads did... (more story)
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China's new rules on facial recognition seek to balance security, innovation
Personal-information handlers using facial-recognition technology to process information in China are preparing for new regulations that will govern the security ma... (more story)
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Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Nokia are among the digital giants arguing that the Australian government's proposed “ex ante” digital-platform regulations — specifically... (more story)
News outlets are demanding that OpenAI identify the ‘nature and extent’ of allegedly destroyed user chats that could be relevant to their discovery dispute in federal litigation accusing the company and Micros... (more story)
A US judge has allowed California Invasion of Privacy Act claims to proceed against Google over allegations it collected personal information from users of the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles website. She d... (more story)
Laws regulating deepfake images online and children’s use of social media are priorities when it comes to tech regulation for US Senator Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, he said today.
US Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak today called on antitrust and consumer protection enforcers to watch out for potential competition as well as fraud concerns when it comes to artificial intelligen... (more story)
Tools for Humanity's World ID initiative, which aims to replace physical documents with digital identities through users’ iris scans in exchange for financial rewards, has been blocked by the national data-pro... (more story)
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson today defended President Donald Trump’s authority to oust two Democratic Party commissioners from the agency, saying they were removed “lawfully” while stat... (more story)
Carmakers, insurers, rental companies and auto parts makers should see a European Commission proposal for vehicle-data access, according to a draft resolution by a group of center-right European lawmakers. The... (more story)
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Rulemaking in Australia is about to shut down, with the government set to call an election and usher the country into more than a month of “caretaker” mode in which no significant decisions can be made. This i... (more story)
A doxxing scandal involving the teenage daughter of a Baidu executive has fueled concerns and criticism about the tech giant's data security management. Critics are also raising alarms about the risks of insid... (more story)
Tom Kemp, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, tech investor and active policy advisor, will take the reins as executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency on April 1. His business background is co... (more story)
Seven years ago this week, a Facebook in-house lawyer put up a blog post acknowledging a rogue app developer had shared millions of users’ data with data-mining company Cambridge Analytica, despite having no d... (more story)
Despite a six-month extension, the renewal of the EU-UK data adequacy status could still face challenges as the UK government rushes to get its Data (Use and Access) Bill ready to face scrutiny by EU officials... (more story)
The Japanese Children and Families Agency's recent decision to delay the national rollout of an artificial intelligence tool designed to detect child abuse has highlighted important lessons for Japan, where th... (more story)
Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya are challenging their firings from the US Federal Trade Commission, saying President Trump's actions are illegal and potentially undermine the FTC's independent consum... (more story)
The limits of California’s “limited” private right of action under the California Consumer Privacy Act are being tested in federal court with a pair of rulings that suggest US judges may be taking a broader vi... (more story)