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Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case
Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclu... (more story)
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California’s data broker deletion tool gains users, interest from other states
More than 260,000 Californians have used the state’s new DROP platform to demand that data brokers delete their personal information, as officials say the platform ... (more story)
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Singapore, Ireland data protection regulators grapple with digital sovereignty
As countries embrace the concept of digital sovereignty—the political view that a nation or region should control its entire digital stack—data protection authoriti... (more story)
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Service providers are expected to adopt a risk-based approach to age assurance under Australia’s draft children’s privacy code, using less intrusive methods where privacy risks are low and stronger measures wh... (more story)
An Irish privacy watchdog’s investigation into a data broker that sold location information from users' smartphones should be concluded by the end of 2026, one of the three commissioners at the country's Data ... (more story)
US House Republicans are circulating text for a consumer privacy bill, MLex has learned. The proposal is being discussed at the same time privacy regulators from across the globe converged in Washington, DC, a... (more story)
Regulators should decide how platforms can use virtual private networks, or VPNs, for age checks, rather than banning their use, an official at London-based digital identity company Yoti has said. Regulators s... (more story)
France and Poland have backed a compromise proposal to drop changes to the General Data Protection Regulation’s definition of personal data in the EU’s digital simplification package, while calling for tighter... (more story)
South Korea moved on Wednesday to contain the implications of Washington’s latest assessment of its regulatory landscape, after a US trade report cast a growing range of the country’s digital and data-related ... (more story)
Beijing has unveiled an updated reform plan to facilitate cross-border data flows, underscoring a shift from a compliance-driven approach to one focused on unlocking the value of data. The plan, introduced at ... (more story)
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission has revised its guidelines for generating pseudonymized datasets to make data use more flexible for AI development and updates. The sweeping revisions a... (more story)
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The National Data Protection Agency has begun enforcing Brazil’s child online safety law, and the agency's president told MLex in an exclusive interview that the watchdog will not interfere with tech firms’ ag... (more story)
Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next s... (more story)
Outgoing CADE President Gustavo de Lima said he leaves Brazil’s competition authority with a stronger record on settlements and a marked expansion in unilateral conduct enforcement and digital markets, while k... (more story)
The deletion of data and algorithms as an US Federal Trade Commission remedy for unfair or deceptive data privacy practices could go by the wayside. These “are viewed as the more extreme measures,” US Federal ... (more story)
Major online platforms saw UK lawmakers leave a growing standoff over child safety unresolved as they began their Easter break. The House of Lords this week renewed a push for an under-16 ban on social media, ... (more story)
A New Mexico jury’s quick, decisive verdict in the state’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company harmed children, shows the strength of laws barring unfair and deceptive practices.
A California jury found Meta Platforms and YouTube liable for harms tied to the design of their platforms, a ruling that, despite modest damages, is adding momentum to a growing wave of litigation and renewed ... (more story)
With social media addiction in the headlines after juries in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, found Meta Platforms and Google liable for harming users, members of Congress are continuing their calls for r... (more story)