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Hong Kong privacy law sufficient for AI era despite reform calls: official
Hong Kong's existing privacy regulations are robust enough to handle challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs ... (more story)
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Apple, Google asked to remove DeepSeek in Germany over Chinese data transfers
Apple and Google have been asked to remove artificial intelligence company DeepSeek from their German app stores over unlawful data transfers to China, Berlin's dat... (more story)
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South Korea's PIPC seeks to keep data issues from becoming trade flashpoints
South Korea’s privacy regulator is ramping up efforts to ensure that data issues do not escalate into trade or political disputes, its vice chairman said. The PIPC ... (more story)
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TikTok has failed in its initial legal effort to quash an appeal to reinstate a 12.7 million pound ($17.8 million) fine issued by the UK's privacy watchdog in April 2023 over children’s data misuse, court docu... (more story)
South Korea’s worst-ever telecom data breach began nearly four years ago when hackers exploited SK Telecom's plaintext credentials and weak internal defenses, the Ministry of Science and ICT said today, releas... (more story)
Japan’s data protection authority is considering tighter rules to protect children’s personal data, following a recent G7 meeting where the issue was identified as a shared priority among privacy regulators. K... (more story)
French luxury house Louis Vuitton has reported data breaches affecting South Korean customers to the country’s privacy regulator. The company notified the Personal Information Protection Commission on Thursday... (more story)
Meta Platforms wants a common digital age of majority across the European Union, the tech giant announced today. This means that teens below the set age limit would require parental approval to access digital ... (more story)
Hong Kong's existing privacy regulations are robust enough to handle challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang said today. The Legislative Counc... (more story)
SolarWinds has reached an agreement in principle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a lawsuit accusing the software company and its chief information security officer of misleading investors abo... (more story)
Police use of facial-recognition technology in the UK could be subject to new legislation, the Fraud Minister told lawmakers today. David Hanson said the government is considering whether further legal clarity... (more story)
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Cybersecurity experts are concerned that legal ambiguities will undermine companies' efforts to ensure data security if a 2015 law is permitted to expire.
A deal to spin off TikTok’s US social media platform to American investors could come soon after a trade deal with China is finalized. The company and the Trump administration have had a deal in place with pri... (more story)
Denmark has begun its six-month term as chair of EU policy discussions with a renewed push to force online messaging platforms to scan for child sexual abuse material on their platforms. But unless there's a b... (more story)
The increase in Brazil's age rating for users of Instagram is just one of the steps the country is taking to protect children and adolescents.
The US Supreme Court’s decision that a Texas law requiring pornography websites to verify users’ age is constitutional is narrow enough not to impact challenges to wider-ranging laws, according to a group repr... (more story)
Technology companies operating data centers in Brazil could face additional regulatory scrutiny due to concerns about their environmental impact. Environment minister Marina Silva told MLex that her department... (more story)
Industry groups representing large US technology companies — such as Meta, Google and Microsoft — are expressing concerns about the scope and confidentiality of new rules for streamlining cross-border enforcem... (more story)
A US court may order Google to disclose documents submitted last year to the EU antitrust regulator relating to commitments offered in an ongoing antitrust probe. The European Commission has declined to object... (more story)