US House panel advances bills on AI, supply chains, corporate duty restrictions
September 01, 2026
| Bradley Dress and Emma Whitford
A US House panel Tuesday advanced a slate of new bills to bolster supply chain security, promote US artificial intelligence open-source code and push back against sustainability requirements in other countries... (more story)
UK’s Ofcom faces info demand; Children’s Commissioner criticizes impact of OSA
September 01, 2026
| Imogen Howse
The UK’s online safety watchdog is facing an information demand after refusing the Children’s Commissioner access to platforms' child-risk assessments. Rachel de Souza said on Tuesday that she planned to use h... (more story)
Japan IP court limits use of PayPal data to identify TikTok infringers
September 01, 2026
| Toko Sekiguchi
Japan’s IP High Court has ruled that a name linked to an allegedly infringing TikTok user’s PayPal account did not have to be disclosed, because the copyright owner failed to show that it qualified as the user... (more story)
Philippines antitrust regulator weighs privacy factors in digital-market enforcement
September 01, 2026
| James Konstantin Galvez
The Philippine Competition Commission is considering whether data privacy should play a more explicit role in competition-law assessments of digital markets, Chairman Michael Aguinaldo said Tuesday. The PCC is... (more story)
Australian privacy experts see major shift in draft law while critics see gaps
September 01, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australian privacy experts say the government’s proposed changes to privacy law fundamentally change how companies handle personal information, particularly through a new fair-and-reasonable test and stricter ... (more story)
Netherlands increases fine transparency, privacy rights for minors in updated law
August 31, 2026
| Anna Lauwereys
The Dutch privacy watchdog will be required by law to publish its financial sanctions for data violations, starting Sept 1. The changes are part of an amendment to the country’s privacy regulation, which also ... (more story)
Australia unveils right to erasure as part of draft changes to privacy laws
August 31, 2026
| Sean Maguire
Australia has released draft changes to the 1988 Privacy Act that would introduce a limited right to erasure from large digital platforms, a fair and reasonable test for data handling, stronger consent rules a... (more story)
AI models pose cyber risks that can threaten financial stability, FSB head warns
August 31, 2026
| Neil Roland
Advanced artificial intelligence models pose a risk to global financial stability through their potential impact on cybersecurity, Andrew Bailey, head of the Financial Stability Board, told the Group of 20 eco... (more story)