A narrowed California bill aimed at curbing privacy "shakedown" lawsuits under the state's wiretapping law has advanced from a key Assembly privacy committee. SB 690 now targets pen-register claims, leaving br... (more story)

Groupe Canal+ is asking the EU's highest court to clarify whether companies can rely on consent collected by another controller before sending promotional emails. The case involving the French media and teleco... (more story)

India has directed Meta Platforms to pause WhatsApp's planned username feature, citing cybercrime concerns. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has sought explanations under the Information ... (more story)

China's state security authorities warned that the collection and misuse of geospatial data through popular augmented-reality games could threaten national security, highlighting the security implications of c... (more story)

Indonesian lawmakers have begun deliberating a sweeping cybersecurity bill that would establish a statutory national cyber authority with broad supervisory powers over critical infrastructure, digital products... (more story)

Congress needs to come up with a viable regulatory framework for artificial intelligence before the year is out, US Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce... (more story)

The Trump administration on Wednesday declined to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, rebuffing the trade pact governing $2 trillion in annual trading between the North American partners and setti... (more story)

Further child safety measures in the UK covering AI chatbots, restrictions on platform design and circumvention of age checks will still be set out later this month, technology minister Liz Kendall told lawmak... (more story)