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Roblox enters 'historic' child safety, health settlement with Nevada
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a settlement Wednesday with Roblox that would limit platform notifications to minors and add new parental controls for ... (more story)
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Personalized pricing a ‘top priority,’ US FTC commissioners tell Congress
The US Federal Trade Commission is looking into whether personalized pricing is happening and if it is an unfair and deceptive business practice, FTC Chairman Andre... (more story)
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With Musk's US trial against OpenAI near, new battle over remedies emerges
OpenAI and Microsoft are accusing Elon Musk of “injecting chaos” and “sandbagging the defendants” two weeks before their high-profile trial over the legality of Ope... (more story)
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A US federal judge said Thursday he will approve more than $56 million in settlements for women whose intimate health data was secretly shared with tech giants.
A US Securities and Exchange Commission request for public feedback on its stock-trades warehouse should give the agency a chance to restructure the 2012 database to protect investors’ privacy, Commissioner He... (more story)
Online platforms using age inference to remove accounts that look likely to belong to under-13s is not enough under the UK regulatory framework, the privacy and online safety watchdogs told a conference. The I... (more story)
A revamp of the EU’s data protection rules would clarify how companies should tackle the complex use of pseudonymized data under a compromise text to be debated by European legislators, according to a document... (more story)
Consensus on a proposed EU law to combat online child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, came closer on Thursday, with three-way talks between legislators bringing progress primarily over risk assessment, mitigat... (more story)
European regulators want fining powers under EU consumer protection rules to bolster the EU's national-based system and to tackle a flood of illegal and harmful products imported into the 27-nation bloc, a sen... (more story)
French President Emmanuel Macron is convening EU leaders to build support for stricter national rules limiting minors’ access to social media, including the introduction of a “digital age of majority.” The pus... (more story)
Social media platforms must verify users’ ages under the EU’s Digital Services Act if their service is intended for certain age groups, the European Commission told MLex on Thursday. This suggests a shift in h... (more story)
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Michael McGrath, the European Commission’s consumer protection chief, visited Silicon Valley this week with a message: The EU’s planned Digital Fairness Act, set to be proposed by the end of this year, is not ... (more story)
Following a lull in 2025 in US state legislative activities concerning comprehensive privacy laws, this year has seen a strong start with multiple bills progressing. But so far, industry-friendly legislation h... (more story)
Online platforms on Wednesday saw the European Commission positioning its age-verification app as a key tool to protect children online, but major questions remain. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sa... (more story)
Meta Platforms faces growing pushback from civil rights groups, labor unions and other advocates to any plan to introduce facial recognition to its Meta AI smart glasses. Beyond a letter from the American Civi... (more story)
Roblox is rolling out a new set of content controls using age verification as tech companies are facing increasing pressure to make platforms safer for children.
Lawsuits over the alleged misuse of patient records are spotlighting privacy gaps in the trust-based systems underpinning US health data exchanges.
Enforcement of TikTok and X by a Singapore regulator over failures to curb terrorism and child sexual abuse content, respectively, adds to efforts by regulators around the world to confront similar risks. In t... (more story)
The effectiveness of the EU’s landmark data protection rules has evolved since the entry into force of the GDPR in 2018, shifting from a focus on enforcement to driving tangible changes in companies’ behavior,... (more story)