UK to resume frontier AI testing after US talks, minister says
October 12, 2026
| Patricia Figueiredo
The UK will resume testing of frontier AI models following recent negotiations with the US, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said Monday, as he outlined government plans to strengthen the country's cyber defenses ... (more story)
Microsoft’s Xandr fined in Norway over Grindr data sharing
October 12, 2026
| Júlia Tar
Microsoft-owned advertising technology company Xandr has received the Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s largest-ever fine for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation by unlawfully processing ... (more story)
Australian government faces privacy class action over veterans' data disclosure
October 12, 2026
| Saloni Sinha
Australia's Department of Veterans' Affairs is facing a class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria over allegations that it disclosed sensitive personal information belonging to about 300,000 veterans and t... (more story)
Australia's digital duty-of-care faces push for compensation rights
October 12, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care, expected to be introduced in parliament this week, faces demands by the Greens for compensation rights and fines tied to tech companies’ global revenue. The duty-of-c... (more story)
EU digital simplification package talks postponed amid trade secrets dispute
October 11, 2026
| Júlia Tar
The EU’s digital simplification package was removed from the agenda of Sunday’s meeting of national ambassadors, with no new date set or revised text prepared, MLex understands. Continued opposition from Germa... (more story)
Calif.'s looming browser privacy law will put opt-out compliance to the test
October 10, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo
Companies should expect to see a surge of opt-out requests when California’s new law requiring web browsers to offer built-in privacy settings takes effect in January, and it will be up to businesses, not the ... (more story)
Meta criticized over ‘concerning’ evidence approach by US judge in social media case
October 09, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Meta Platforms was reprimanded by a US judge over the way it has applied legal privilege to internal communications and documents, as it faces requests to re-review hundreds of thousands of documents for an up... (more story)
New Mexico must wait to collect penalties from Meta in latest unfair practices case
October 09, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
New Mexico cannot immediately collect whatever penalties Meta Platforms may eventually be assessed following the state's Unfair Practices Act win last month, after the presiding judge granted the company's uno... (more story)