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Coupang data breach sparks scrutiny of fintech risks in South Korea December 03, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Coupang is facing fresh questions over whether a shared login system with its fintech arm Coupang Pay has left customers’ payment data exposed, as South Korea’s financial regulators step up scrutiny of the e-c... (more story)

No update on second tranche of changes to Australian privacy laws, regulator says December 03, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Australia’s privacy watchdog has not been advised of any dates, milestones or formal consultations for the second tranche of Privacy Act changes, the regulator has said. At a parliamentary hearing this week, A... (more story)

China plans expanded police oversight covering data security, personal-data protection December 03, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s public security authority has issued a draft that proposes broader police-led cybersecurity supervision and inspections, marking a shift that could have significant implications for companies handling ... (more story)

Bipartisan agreement on kids’ online safety legislation in US House fractures in hearing December 02, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressed deep dissatisfaction with the newly released versions of children's online safety legislation that gutted previous versions which had garnered bip... (more story)

Apple makes app-tracking concessions in German antitrust probe December 02, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Apple has offered to change the way it prompts users to consent to data-gathering by app developers, in a move the German competition authority said may address its antitrust concerns. Apple will offer "neutra... (more story)

Online marketplace operators face stricter GDPR duties after EU court ruling (update*) December 02, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Operators of online marketplaces must proactively identify and control the processing of personal data contained in user-posted advertisements, the EU's highest court has ruled, tightening compliance expectati... (more story)

Coupang faces record fine as South Korea vows harsh response to massive data breach December 02, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Coupang is confronting not just political outrage but the prospect of a crushing regulatory sanction, after South Korea’s privacy watchdog vowed a stern response to the leak of roughly 33.7 million user record... (more story)

China maps out tougher personal-data protections, more efficient cross-border regime December 02, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s internet authority plans to strengthen efforts to protect personal information and improve cross-border data-transfer management under its 2026-2030 work plan, a senior official said. The regulator wil... (more story)

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Litigation funders set to dodge EU-wide regulatory action — for now December 02, 2025 | Jean Comte

Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)

Web platforms' liability shield faces test in Mass. algorithm case December 01, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is set to be the first state appellate court to hear arguments of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Meta Platforms from a lawsuit alleging i... (more story)

Mississippi’s online child-safety law faces high-stakes constitutional test November 28, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)

Slaughter’s legal showdown has broad implications (FTCWatch) November 28, 2025 | Claude Marx

The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)

US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption November 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by not only creating new policies, but also pre... (more story)

Cybersecurity community needs US sharing law reauthorized to reduce friction November 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Private industry is pushing for a longer-term fix for the cybersecurity sharing law that allows companies to share intelligence without fear of violating antitrust law, because uncertainty shrouding the sharin... (more story)

EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda November 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)

India's data rules on conditional localization blindside cross-border business November 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

India’s data-protection law and its rules have sparked regulatory uncertainty for multinationals. Despite the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 appearing liberal initially, the DPDP Rules reintroduce c... (more story)