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Apple nears deal to close German antitrust probe into app tracking transparency November 28, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Apple is nearing a settlement deal with German antitrust investigators probing its privacy prompt, MLex has learned. The country's Federal Cartel Office is expected to start seeking feedback on the offer as so... (more story)

Beijing signals tougher AI, cybersecurity enforcement as amended law nears November 28, 2025 | MLex Staff

Beijing will tighten oversight of artificial intelligence and other fast-moving technologies under its newly amended Cybersecurity Law, a senior internet official said Friday, with additional plans to strength... (more story)

South Korea probes Upbit hack, eyes North Korea's Lazarus Group November 28, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is facing parallel on-site inspections from South Korea’s financial and cybersecurity authorities following a 44.5 billion won ($30.2 million) hack that auth... (more story)

Japan's Asahi Group says ransomware attack 'sophisticated, exceeded expectations' November 28, 2025 | Jeyup S Kwaak

Asahi Group Holdings in its first press conference since the debilitating September ransomware attacks defended its existing systems as having “necessary and sufficient cybersecurity measures." The attacks tha... (more story)

South Korean gaming giant Netmarble faces criticism over breach disclosure delay November 27, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Netmarble has disclosed a data breach affecting its PC gaming platform that exposed customer names, birth dates and encrypted passwords, but faces criticism from lawmakers for waiting three days to report the ... (more story)

Shanghai to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines November 27, 2025 | MLex Staff

Shanghai authorities are moving to tighten oversight of online healthcare companies with new guidelines aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and personal-data protection compliance frameworks. Jointly issued b... (more story)

Delay implementing Australian under-16 social-media ban until mid-2026, report says November 27, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

An Australian parliamentary committee has recommended delaying the rollout of the under-16 social-media ban, set to kick in on Dec. 10, to mid-2026, warning that the government and industry need more time to a... (more story)

Meta hit with New Mexico summary judgment motion over kids' safety November 27, 2025 | Mike Swift

Meta Platforms faces a half-dozen motions for summary judgment filed by New Mexico’s attorney general presenting the state’s evidence that Meta knowingly put children at risk to bolster profits, with a trial o... (more story)

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Mississippi’s online child-safety law faces high-stakes constitutional test November 28, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Mississippi is enforcing the toughest online-safety law in the nation, and so far, neither the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit nor the US Supreme Court has said why they've allowed it to go forward. ... (more story)

Slaughter’s legal showdown has broad implications (FTCWatch) November 28, 2025 | Claude Marx

The nature of the Federal Trade Commission and presidential power will be at issue on Dec. 8 as the Supreme Court hears the case in which former Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter challenges her firing by Pr... (more story)

US House taking up children’s online safety proposals, COPPA 2.0 preemption November 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A US House panel is set to consider legislation next week that could implement sweeping changes to privacy anda online safety policies for children and teenagers by not only creating new policies, but also pre... (more story)

Cybersecurity community needs US sharing law reauthorized to reduce friction November 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Private industry is pushing for a longer-term fix for the cybersecurity sharing law that allows companies to share intelligence without fear of violating antitrust law, because uncertainty shrouding the sharin... (more story)

EU plans for digital rules dominate key data protection conference agenda November 21, 2025 | Matthew Newman and Sara Brandstätter

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 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)