Data Privacy and Security

The suspected use of artificial intelligence in recent data breaches at South Korean financial companies should serve as a wake-up call to strengthen the country’s defenses, Lee Won-tae, head of the security d... (more story)

Talks between EU lawmakers, member states and the European Commission on the digital simplification package could begin next year, commission official Pavlina Peneva suggested Monday. The parliament is expecte... (more story)

The UK will resume testing of frontier AI models following recent negotiations with the US, AI minister Kanishka Narayan said Monday, as he outlined government plans to strengthen the country's cyber defenses ... (more story)

Microsoft-owned advertising technology company Xandr has received the Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s largest-ever fine for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation by unlawfully processing ... (more story)

Australia's Department of Veterans' Affairs is facing a class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria over allegations that it disclosed sensitive personal information belonging to about 300,000 veterans and t... (more story)

Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care, expected to be introduced in parliament this week, faces demands by the Greens for compensation rights and fines tied to tech companies’ global revenue. The duty-of-c... (more story)

The EU’s digital simplification package was removed from the agenda of Sunday’s meeting of national ambassadors, with no new date set or revised text prepared, MLex understands. Continued opposition from Germa... (more story)

Companies should expect to see a surge of opt-out requests when California’s new law requiring web browsers to offer built-in privacy settings takes effect in January, and it will be up to businesses, not the ... (more story)