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Fired US FTC commissioners clash with DOJ attorney May 20, 2025 | Claude Marx

Lawyers for former Democratic US Federal Trade Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter clashed in federal court today with a Department of Justice lawyer over the legality of their firing by Presid... (more story)

TikTok invokes human-rights law in appeal hearing over UK child data privacy fine May 20, 2025 | Frank Hersey

TikTok cited human rights law as it built its case in a UK court today that the country's privacy watchdog went beyond its powers in fining the platform, including for unlawful processing of children's data. T... (more story)

Therapy platform Headway must face California claims over data shares with Google May 20, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Headway, an online therapy startup that connects users with mental health providers, must face privacy claims alleging it shared sensitive medical data with Google, a US judge ruled today.

OpenAI's ChatGPT to face data protection decision in Poland in coming weeks May 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman

US artificial intelligence developer OpenAI’s ChatGPT will find out in the coming weeks whether Poland’s privacy watchdog has found that its AI model has violated the EU’s data protection rules, the authority’... (more story)

EU lawmakers call for tougher rules to protect children online May 20, 2025 | Júlia Tar

EU lawmakers urged the bloc's executive to propose new rules targeting online harm to minors. The report of a parliamentary committee, published today, said that despite existing provisions in the EU's Digital... (more story)

US cloud providers face more pressure as EU lawmakers urge digital sovereignty May 20, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Amazon, Microsoft and Google will next month face more pressure from European lawmakers for the European Union to reduce its reliance on US cloud-service providers. Under a draft European Parliament report, fo... (more story)

TikTok tells court it's a 'free-expression platform' so UK GDPR fine is invalid May 20, 2025 | Frank Hersey

TikTok sought to paint itself as a unique “free-expression service” with a high ratio of artistic content to argue on the opening day of an appeal trial in London that the UK data watchdog had gone beyond its ... (more story)

Hong Kong sees no need for AI-specific legislation, regulator says May 20, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Hong Kong's privacy regulator sees no immediate need for new legislation specifically targeting artificial intelligence, despite growing concerns about the technology's impact on data protection. Privacy Commi... (more story)

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California is rethinking its wiretapping law, but will it let Big Tech off the hook? May 21, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A bill quickly moving through the California Senate promises to protect small businesses from a wave of privacy lawsuits being brought under a decades-old anti-wiretapping law. But is it giving a free pass to Big Tech?

NSO cites dire implications of Pegasus injunction sought by Meta following US jury award May 20, 2025 | Xu Yuan

On the heels of a $168 million award by a US jury to Meta Platforms for its hacking into Meta’s instant-messaging app WhatsApp, the owner of spyware Pegasus faces a potentially even bigger battle that it argue... (more story)

Clearview AI asks appeals court to erase privacy suit on free speech grounds May 19, 2025 | Mike Swift

Clearview AI told a California appeals court that its searchable facial-recognition database for law enforcement is protected free speech under the state's Anti-SLAPP law. The controversial facial recognition ... (more story)

US appeals court questions suggest CFPB to be left in tatters May 19, 2025 | Neil Roland

US appeals court judges fired skeptical questions at the union lawyer challenging the Trump administration’s mass layoffs at the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – suggesting that the beleaguered agency... (more story)

AI’s novel risks, facial recognition, child safety keeping UK privacy chief busy May 19, 2025 | Frank Hersey

AI is an unstoppable technology that is revealing whole new landscapes of concern for data protection, the UK's chief privacy regulator said in a wide-ranging speech in his native New Zealand. Live facial reco... (more story)

Wikimedia lawsuit set to test how UK Online Safety Act classifies risky services May 19, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Wikimedia's legal challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act is poised to be a landmark test of how the law categorizes services, and thus imposes duties on them, and highlights growing concerns among platforms i... (more story)

Blocks on German porn sites put spotlight on shifting age-assurance landscape May 16, 2025 | Júlia Tar

Germany’s court-ordered blocks of Pornhub and YouPorn over missing age-verification measures highlight growing regulatory pressure on adult platforms — and test the limits of enforcement under the EU’s Digital... (more story)

NSO $168 million verdict highlights Google quandary in quantifying value of privacy May 14, 2025 | Mike Swift

The $168 million verdict that a federal jury in California handed out last week to NSO Group Technologies underscores the challenge of putting a dollar value on privacy. WhatsApp’s lawyers in the case recommen... (more story)