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Medibank data-breach class action, Australia privacy regulator's case likely to run jointly November 21, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

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)

South Korea's KakaoPay tells court Alipay data transfer was outsourcing, not provision November 21, 2025 | Jenny Lee

KakaoPay argued that its transfer of South Korean users’ data to China’s Alipay was a lawful fraud-prevention outsourcing arrangement, not an illicit handover abroad of personal information to Apple, in its cl... (more story)

Twitch added to platforms covered by Australia's under-16 social-media ban November 21, 2025 | James Panichi

Livestreaming platform Twitch will join Reddit, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat on the growing list of digital platforms covered by Australia’s under-16 social-media ban, with the online-safety regulator also... (more story)

Beijing court draws line between corporate transparency, privacy in landmark ruling November 21, 2025 | MLex Staff

The Beijing Internet Court has ruled that a listed company violated an employee’s privacy by disclosing salary details in public filings, marking a landmark decision that sets new limits on how far companies c... (more story)

US SEC drops suit against SolarWinds over lax cyber standards November 21, 2025 | Neil Roland

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said it was dropping a lawsuit accusing SolarWinds Corp. and its chief information security officer of failing to warn investors about lax cybersecurity standards befo... (more story)

US judge skeptical journalists' suit over NSO spyware belongs in California November 20, 2025 | Mike Swift

A federal judge in San Francisco who dismissed litigation against NSO Group Technologies last year, only to have that decision reversed by a federal appeals court, said at a hearing Thursday that he continues ... (more story)

US appeals court examines social media definition in Utah law November 20, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A US appeals court panel examined whether the definition of social media in a suspended Utah law is content-neutral as the state seeks to reverse a preliminary injunction that stops it from enforcing the law, ... (more story)

US FCC rolls back cybersecurity regulations for telecom companies November 20, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The US Federal Communications Commission withdrew cybersecurity regulations for telecom companies that were intended to prohibit unauthorized access to companies’ networks on Thursday.

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India's data rules on conditional localization blindside cross-border business November 21, 2025 | Freny Patel

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's revised personal data definition sparks debate over GDPR enforcement November 19, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

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)

AWS, Azure probes show political imperative to tackle ‘backbone’ of EU digital markets November 18, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

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)

UK privacy watchdog raises concerns over resources for expanded cyber remit November 18, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

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)

AI chatbot conversations pose growing privacy risk, researchers warn US Congress November 18, 2025 | Amy Miller

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 forces Big Tech to treat under-18s as minors in privacy rules November 18, 2025 | Freny Patel

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)

Apple, Google preparing response to Australia’s under-16 social media ban November 17, 2025 | James Panichi, Saloni Sinha and Mike Swift

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's US discovery battles over classified documents continue to grow November 14, 2025 | Madeline Hughes and Xu Yuan

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)