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Google agrees to settle US Android cellular data suit for $135 million
Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle long-running litigation over its appropriation of cellular data transmitted to the company from Android smartphones,... (more story)
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Philippines flags potential record privacy fine in first access-request case
The Philippine National Privacy Commission has ordered Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. to release complete CCTV footage and imposed a fine equal to 0.75 percent of i... (more story)
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South Korea's no-action letter offers assurance, but will it revive data use?
South Korea’s privacy regulator has introduced no-action letters to revive the use of pseudonymized data by offering advance assurance against enforcement, aiming t... (more story)
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A public relations contractor hired by food and beverages company Suntory Holdings and affiliates was the target of a cyberattack, resulting in a data breach, Suntory said.
As Meta Platforms faces key trials in California and New Mexico in February on allegations that the addictive design of Facebook and Instagram caused a mental health crisis among US teens, the company's leader... (more story)
Google has agreed to pay $135 million to settle long-running litigation over its appropriation of cellular data transmitted to the company from Android smartphones, data that consumers paid for but that Google... (more story)
California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned Wednesday that the growing practice of using consumer data to personalize prices may violate California’s privacy law, announcing an investigative sweep of business... (more story)
US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador called out the alleged mistreatment of children for profit by Big Tech companies Wednesday during a commission workshop.
The choice of the next European Data Protection Supervisor, which has been pending for more than a year, matters for the “stability and authority” of the EU’s data protection authority, a senior official at th... (more story)
The US Federal Trade Commission hopes to issue a policy statement urging companies to adopt online age verification technology to comply with Children's Online Privacy Protection Act rules, Chairman Andrew Fer... (more story)
The Digital Networks Act, the EU’s draft bill to revamp the bloc’s telecom laws, will be steered through the European Parliament by the centrist Renew Group, MLex has learned. The DNA, which was proposed last ... (more story)
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One year into US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the “Trump-Vance FTC," the Bureau of Consumer Protection’s regulatory philosophy on data privacy and artificial intelligence i... (more story)
Social media age bans are rapidly moving up the political agenda in Europe, with France and several other member states pressing ahead with national measures as the EU weighs whether to act at bloc level. With... (more story)
Work is set to begin in the coming weeks on negotiations for agreeing an extension of EU privacy rules that would allow platforms to continue to take a voluntary approach to detecting online child sexual abuse... (more story)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned in 2024 of the threat of “unchecked digital tracking” by AI systems making employment decisions, saying such practices could violate a 1970s-era federal financia... (more story)
The new TikTok USDS joint venture is emphasizing security as it announces its new ownership structure after a years-long attempt to force the company to divest from Chinese ownership, which ultimately succeede... (more story)
Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl attracted widespread media attention during her failed nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2003 before returning to the Los Angeles Superior Court. As the first... (more story)
Brazilian regulators have responded to the Grok AI-generated image scandal by issuing a series of recommendations for the AI chatbot to comply with or risk facing a more serious investigation. Regulators' init... (more story)
Proposed efforts by the European Commission to simplify EU digital rules through packages unveiled in November risk weakening existing data protection safeguards if they’re approved too quickly and without car... (more story)