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UK Data Bill on cookie consent may inspire EU in GDPR simplification plans April 25, 2025 | Matthew Newman

The UK government’s draft Data Bill that may give platforms an exception to use third-party cookies for analytics and other website monitoring purposes without seeking users’ explicit consent could be an “insp... (more story)

Social media companies' content moderation attacked by US FTC's Ferguson April 25, 2025 | Matthew Newman, Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

Andrew Ferguson, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission, told a global gathering of data protection watchdogs this week that the FTC is concerned about censorship by social media companies, MLex understands.... (more story)

US FTC staff offered another round of deferred resignations, buyouts April 25, 2025 | Chris May

US Federal Trade Commission employees have been offered three potential ways to cut short their employment at the nation’s competition and consumer protection watchdog, according to agency memoranda seen by MLex.

Use of AI in the workplace being closely scrutinized April 25, 2025 | Amy Miller

Scrutiny is growing over how companies use artificial intelligence tools in the workplace as bots are inundating companies with resumes, and workers are increasingly concerned about their privacy and surveilla... (more story)

Clearview AI may face enforcement of Italian privacy watchdog's GDPR decision April 25, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Clearview AI, a US company that provides facial recognition software to law enforcement in the US, may be forced to comply with a data-deletion order by Italy's data protection authority, a senior official at ... (more story)

Data brokers still face US regulatory scrutiny, but from whom? April 25, 2025 | Mike Swift

Data brokers are likely to continue facing scrutiny from US regulators during the Trump administration. But given the huge uncertainty about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and to some ... (more story)

EU member states push for clarity and more involvement in cyber crisis response April 25, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Clearer roles and greater national involvement in the EU’s cybersecurity crisis response are the focus of EU member states' suggestions as they review the European Commission’s proposed "Blueprint on Cybersecu... (more story)

US states moving to regulate child social media influencers April 24, 2025 | Mike Swift

State lawmakers from California to Maryland are passing laws that address privacy and safety issues around a new kind of entertainment “stage” — parents who turn their kids into social media influencers such a... (more story)

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Pegasus owner NSO to face Meta in US trial over damages for security breach April 25, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift

NSO Group Technologies will face a federal jury in California next week that will decide the damages NSO owes Meta Platforms to fix a security breach caused by its Pegasus spyware used to spy on some 1,400 Wha... (more story)

Online platforms can expect focus on algorithms under UK child safety codes April 25, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Online platforms can expect increased scrutiny over how their algorithms serve up content to children under final UK codes of practice released yesterday. While they will take time to digest the 1,700 pages of... (more story)

South Korea privacy chief looks forward to rollout of pioneering MyData initiative April 24, 2025 | Jenny Lee and Mike Swift

South Korea’s privacy commissioner, Ko Hak-soo, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of the IAPPs Global Privacy Summit to discuss next steps in the country’s trailblazing “MyData” initiative, a sweeping effort... (more story)

How do UK plans to upgrade cybersecurity rules measure up to EU's NIS2? (update*) April 24, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

UK companies this week finally received an outline of proposed cybersecurity reforms expected later this year. The UK aims to align its cybersecurity framework with the EU's NIS2 directive through the forthcom... (more story)

Canadian privacy commissioner sees progress in probes of TikTok, OpenAI April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

Philippe Dufresne, the privacy commissioner of Canada, sat down with MLex to discuss the progress of the investigations of OpenAI and TikTok, his plans for hosting the G7 meeting of privacy regulators in Ottaw... (more story)

US FTC probes data brokers' international commerce with new data law in effect April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

The new Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act could emerge as a new area for data protection enforcement by the US Federal Trade Commission, with the regulator now investigating multiple data... (more story)

US FTC privacy regime to focus on tech competition, protecting children, Holyoak says April 23, 2025 | Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes

In a policy speech that signaled the US Federal Trade Commission’s return to “not stretching our legal authorities,” Commissioner Melissa Holyoak unveiled the Republican majority’s data privacy vision to bolst... (more story)

Are platforms heeding warnings from UK regulators about under-13s’ data access? April 22, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Patricia Figueiredo

Social media apps such as Meta Platforms’ Instagram or ByteDance’s TikTok have a duty not to process the data of children under 13, a senior official at the UK’s privacy watchdog told MLex in an exclusive inte... (more story)