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In Meta case over mental health issues, US judge asks states for more trial information
A US federal judge asked states to provide more information on how they plan to structure a trial in their lawsuit against Meta Platforms over the social media comp... (more story)
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Michigan's standing for Roku privacy suit questioned by US judge
A US judge Wednesday asked Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel how the state has standing — and is the proper entity — to bring a lawsuit against Roku for alleged... (more story)
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India forces Big Tech to treat under-18s as minors in privacy rules
India has significantly changed data-protection rules, defining anyone under 18 as a child. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which was put into effec... (more story)
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The US Federal Communications Commission withdrew cybersecurity regulations for telecom companies that were intended to prohibit unauthorized access to companies’ networks on Thursday.
The UK data protection authority’s outlook for enforcing against companies is changing as the “relatively new” data protection case laws filters through, one of its senior officials has said, while the regulat... (more story)
The use of children’s data for online advertising should be prohibited under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the German data protection watchdogs said in a statement published on Thursday. This ru... (more story)
Kenya may soon become the first African country to be granted EU data privacy “adequacy” status by the European Commission, a senior official has said. Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the co... (more story)
The European Commission and the EDPB will issue joint guidelines clarifying how the AI Act and GDPR interact early next year, according to the data protection chief for the EU institutions, Wojciech Wiewiórows... (more story)
Anu Talus, chair of an umbrella group of European data protection authorities, said on Thursday that she’s “quite relieved” that a draft change to the treatment of sensitive data – including religious, politic... (more story)
Australia's top online-safety official has revealed she declined an invitation to discuss artificial intelligence at the 2025 conference organized by Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest, following MLe... (more story)
Meta Platforms is moving ahead of Australia’s upcoming social-media restrictions for children under 16, announcing it will begin removing affected users from Dec. 4 — six days before the new laws take effect. ... (more story)
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EU regulators’ proposal to change the definition of personal data in the bloc’s landmark privacy law isn’t just raising hackles with privacy activists for undermining privacy protection; it’s also underscoring... (more story)
Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services faced the near-inevitable news today that the EU’s tough gatekeeper rulebook was coming for their cloud businesses, thus delivering on political calls that the crucial i... (more story)
The UK’s privacy regulator has been raising internal concerns about the legal resources needed to deliver broader cybersecurity enforcement, documents obtained by MLex show. The records, which cover 2021-2024,... (more story)
Privacy policies are back in the spotlight as researchers urge US lawmakers to strengthen transparency requirements for artificial intelligence-powered chatbots, especially to protect children. AI companies ar... (more story)
India has significantly changed data-protection rules, defining anyone under 18 as a child. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which was put into effect by the subsequent rules released last Frida... (more story)
Google says it’s ready to roll out age-verification technology already adopted by its YouTube video-streaming service in global markets, amid media speculation the search giant is preparing to launch a legal c... (more story)
Meta Platforms’ bid to shield documents about its lawyers’ alleged efforts to cover up research into social media’s harm to young users may force the company to provide tens of thousands of more documents as U... (more story)
From Amazon’s $2.5 billion settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission to Google’s $3.5 billion European antitrust fine to Snap building an age verification system to comply with Australia’s forthcoming so... (more story)