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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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Controversial artificial intelligence tools including Clearview AI facial recognition have become key tools for the FBI, the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board said in a report that discloses the a... (more story)
Jam City has agreed to a $1.4 million settlement to resolve allegations that it collected users’ personal information for targeted advertising without giving consumers a straightforward way to opt out.
Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors have agreed to a $190 million settlement resolving claims that they failed to stop Facebook’s repeated privacy violations and structured an e... (more story)
Design software provider Figma was accused of illegally using users’ data for training artificial intelligence for its own benefits, including boosting market valuation, in a new US lawsuit filed in California.
Meta Platforms has said it will appeal a Madrid court ruling ordering it to pay about €542 million to 87 Spanish media companies for unfair competition linked to its advertising practices on Facebook and Instagram.
Google will give users clearer information on how their data are handled across its suite of services after an Italian push for concessions that affect the company’s compliance with the EU's "gatekeeper" rules... (more story)
The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network.
Australian health insurer Medibank Private’s consumer class action and the privacy regulator’s case over the 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of 9.7 million people are expected to be hear... (more story)
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Immediate questions about the European Commission's plans to revise its digital laws to make them simpler and cut red tape dominated a key annual Brussels gathering of data protection professionals. But while ... (more story)
India’s data-protection law and its rules have sparked regulatory uncertainty for multinationals. Despite the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 appearing liberal initially, the DPDP Rules reintroduce c... (more story)
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)