Data Privacy and Security

Iagê Zendron Miola, a director at Brazil’s privacy agency, said an update to its administrative sanctions framework will allow full enforcement of the Digital Statute for the Children and Adolescents (ECA Digi... (more story)

A Georgia state law imposing restrictions on social media platforms regarding minor users is cleared to take effect after an appeals court reversed a preliminary injunction imposed earlier at the request of the tech industry.

Online platforms should face stronger duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act to prevent discriminatory abuse, the Premier League and other English football organizations have told lawmakers. The groups said p... (more story)

Providers of general-purpose AI models with systemic risk offered in the EU would have to give the bloc’s cybersecurity agency access for security evaluations under joint amendments to a planned cyber law prop... (more story)

Social media platforms face interim German rules generally barring under-13s and restricting access for older minors until an EU-wide minimum age is established, according to a government position paper adopte... (more story)

French savings and life insurer Macif Vie faces a proposed €7 million fine for failing to secure passwords and retaining personal data longer than necessary, a French privacy official said at a hearing in Pari... (more story)

Negotiations on EU rules to combat online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, have become entrenched in privacy and data protection concerns, leaving children’s rights absent from parts of the debate, but an... (more story)

Where online retailers disallow customers certain payment options based solely on automated credit assessments, it may violate EU privacy law over automated decision making if it could prevent a purchase, acco... (more story)