New CalPrivacy audit officer excited to carry out proactive privacy checks
August 06, 2026
| Xu Yuan
California, the state that has been leading privacy enforcement in both the US and the world, has a new tool to look into how companies handle data. Sabrina Ross, the person who will be wielding that power, wi... (more story)
What kind of digital euro will the EU get?
August 06, 2026
| Helena Freitas
The EU is no longer debating only whether to create a digital euro, but what kind of payment instrument it should become. Make-or-break choices are now at the negotiating table of EU lawmakers and governments,... (more story)
As platforms escape EU legal limbo over CSAM rules, uncertainty still lurks
August 05, 2026
| Júlia Tar
A restored legal framework for online platforms to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse material under revived interim EU rules ended months of uncertainty that left companies taking different compliance appr... (more story)
Meta’s litigation bill mounts; next legal hit could reach $6 billion
August 03, 2026
| Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift
Meta faces a potential $6 billion damages bill from a landmark privacy verdict over reproductive-health data collected from Flo app users, adding to mounting litigation costs already weighing on the company’s earnings.
Reddit’s US claims against Perplexity AI, scraper survive under DMCA reading
July 31, 2026
| Emma Whitford
Reddit can pursue US Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims against answer engine Perplexity AI and web scraper SerpApi, as it continues to fight a data scraping practice useful in artificial intelligence mod... (more story)
New Calif. data broker platform to begin work as states tighten regulations
July 31, 2026
| Xu Yuan
Beginning in August, California’s new, powerful platform targeting data brokers will start processing consumers’ requests to delete all their personal data, as the state continuously seeks to step up the prote... (more story)
Deadlock over key appointments unlikely to constrain Brazil's privacy watchdog
July 30, 2026
| Henrique Santiago
The National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) will face the departure of two of its longest-serving officials: Waldemar Gonçalves Ortunho Júnior, the watchdog's president, will officially leave office on Nov. 6, ... (more story)
US Senate, House take different paths for social media as clock runs down
July 30, 2026
| Madeline Hughes
The possible inclusion of a duty-of-care for social media companies will likely prevent US congressional action to craft new regulations this year governing social media, as the Senate and House are working on... (more story)