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Data Privacy and Security

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Ashford settles US SEC allegations over "misleading" cyber attack disclosures January 13, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Asset management firm Ashford Inc. will pay $115,000 to settle allegations that it misled investors about a 2023 hack that exposed the “highly personal” information of hotel guests, including bank account numb... (more story)

Federal judge revives privacy case against Google for tracking children on YouTube January 13, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A federal judge has allowed privacy claims against Google to proceed, ruling its collection of children’s data on YouTube constitutes “highly offensive conduct.”

Texas hits Allstate with location-privacy suit in first litigation under law January 13, 2025 | Mike Swift

Allstate and its data analytics subsidiary, Arity, were sued today by the State of Texas in a landmark complaint that alleges the auto insurer illegally turned smartphone apps into covert location data tracker... (more story)

UK pledges to unlock datasets for AI developers under new plan, raising data protection concerns January 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Promises to “responsibly unlock public and private datasets” for AI developers — made by the UK government in its new AI Opportunities Action Plan — have raised data protection concerns among civil society org... (more story)

Poland focusing on EU cybersecurity, innovation, industry in leadership role January 13, 2025 | Júlia Tar

The Polish government wants to focus on strengthening security, especially cybersecurity, in its role leading the legislative agenda for EU member states, according to a document seen by MLex. This will cover ... (more story)

UK online safety law has good powers even if it’s ‘uneven,’ minister says (update*) January 13, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Technology companies have been warned by a UK minister to comply with the Online Safety Act even though it is an "uneven, unsatisfactory" piece of legislation. Peter Kyle argued also that nevertheless, the gov... (more story)

South Korea unveils 2025 privacy roadmap to tackle AI-era challenges January 13, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea's privacy watchdog has unveiled its 2025 policy roadmap, introducing comprehensive measures to tackle privacy challenges in the AI era while advancing the country's digital transformation. Building... (more story)

China's draft rules task platforms with ensuring MCN content compliance January 13, 2025 | MLex Staff

China's Internet information content service platforms have received draft rules, assigning them roles in ensuring content compliance for Multi-Channel Network organizations. On Friday, the Cyberspace Administ... (more story)

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US high court to give First Amendment scrutiny to age-verification law January 13, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires online adult websites to verify users’ age, 20 years after its last look at such age verification.... (more story)

EU Digital Fairness Act set for early 2026, with consumer protection in focus January 10, 2025 | Júlia Tar

In 2026, the Digital Fairness Act — an initiative designed to strengthen consumer protections in the digital landscape — is set to be proposed by the European Commission. Building on the findings of the lates... (more story)

Beyond Washington, 2025 looms as huge year in US data privacy January 09, 2025 | Mike Swift, Xu Yuan and Madeline Hughes

When the first important privacy ruling of 2025 by a US federal judge landed this week — Google’s summary judgment loss in litigation alleging it illegally tracked users’ mobile web activities and app usage — ... (more story)

With Meta's end to fact-checking expected to hit Brazil soon, Supreme Court looks on January 09, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Henrique Santiago

Although Meta’s move from a fact-checking program to a community-notes moderation system is set to start in the US, Brazilian fact-checking partners expect the same to happen in their country imminently, MLex ... (more story)

Meta shifts US content-moderation policies before Trump, GOP take power January 07, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Meta Platforms executives, nodding to the "free speech" concerns of President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans days before they're set to take charge, announced new content-moderation guideline... (more story)

Private companies to prepare for EU cybersecurity law, despite legal gaps January 07, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Júlia Tar

Private companies should get prepared to comply with the EU’s updated Network and Information Systems law — the NIS2 directive — even though most EU governments have missed the deadline for its transposition i... (more story)

EU GDPR procedural reform sparks questions on improving enforcement January 06, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Meta Platforms, Google, Microsoft and other Big Tech companies — as well as civil society — are eagerly awaiting the final text of the GDPR procedural reform, which aims to streamline and speed up the cross-bo... (more story)

Third Party Litigation Funding industry sees EU regulatory clouds forming January 03, 2025 | Jean Comte

Third-Party Litigation Funding is getting increased attention from EU regulators, fueled by pushes from business representatives who say it presents a risk for their activity. The TPLF industry, which says the... (more story)