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Investors suing over Facebook privacy actions reach settlement in Delaware case July 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Facebook executives and a group of shareholders reached a settlement today in litigation alleging Facebook prioritized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and other senior leadership over the company’s fiduciary r... (more story)

Video-sharing platforms subject to UK's Online Safety Act in full from July 25 July 17, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Video-sharing platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo and Twitch will have to comply with the UK’s Online Safety Act in full from July 25, the same day the media regulator starts enforcing additional measures... (more story)

EU Commission urged not to reopen data-protection law, but to fix privacy rule clashes July 16, 2025 | Júlia Tar and Matthew Newman

The EU’s flagship data protection law shouldn't be reopened, stakeholders told EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath in Brussels today. They called for more consistent enforcement and greater legal clarity, ... (more story)

New data retention law must allow national flexibility, four EU states say July 16, 2025 | Júlia Tar

A new data retention framework must provide EU-wide legal certainty while allowing national authorities discretion in how rules are applied, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain and Latvia have told the European Commissio... (more story)

Wikipedia set to challenge UK Online Safety Act; anonymous editor is joint claimant July 16, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, will be joined by an anonymous volunteer editor in its legal challenge to the UK Online Safety Act’s categorization rules, with ... (more story)

Privacy activist Ballmann wins access to file in Meta GDPR case at EU court July 16, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Privacy activist Lisa Ballmann won a legal battle at the EU’s lower-tier General Court after challenging a European data protection body’s refusal to give her access to a file related to her complaint against ... (more story)

Hong Kong starts criminal doxxing probe into deepfake scandal at HKU July 16, 2025 | Yonnex Li

Hong Kong's privacy regulator has opened a criminal investigation under anti-doxxing rules into a case where artificial intelligence was allegedly used to create fake explicit images of university students, hi... (more story)

Change privacy laws to allow FRT in stores, Bunnings urges Australian government July 16, 2025 | Saloni Sinha

Australian hardware giant Bunnings Group says the trial of facial recognition technology by New Zealand’s Foodstuffs North Island highlights that, with the right privacy safeguards, the tools can be deployed l... (more story)

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Age verification requirements see renewed interest after US Supreme Court ruling July 17, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A recent US Supreme Court decision allowing states to implement laws requiring age verification to access online pornography is spilling into discussions about social media regulations.

Facebook US trial focused on Zuckerberg's privacy actions kicks off in Delaware July 17, 2025 | Mike Swift

The actions of Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and the company's board as the company made privacy moves during the past decade will face extreme scrutiny in an $8 billion US trial over claims by inve... (more story)

Platforms told to expect further UK online safety proposals; US scrutiny intensifies July 15, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Online platforms have been told to expect more UK regulation to protect children online, with a focus on addictive design and healthier online habits. But it remains to be seen whether the British government i... (more story)

How a 'one-off' case could upend the CFAA and a critical cyber defense tool July 11, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A prominent cybersecurity group is warning that a recent appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan could undermine the use of bug bounty programs, a cornerstone... (more story)

For digital laws, EU’s simplification drive suffers underlying tensions July 11, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

The EU’s push for simplification of its laws has come up against a range of underlying tensions in the digital arena, including political ambition, bureaucratic inertia and industry pressure to roll back years... (more story)

Platforms face UK push for researcher data access, but US tensions could intrude July 11, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Social media and search services could face new UK duties to share data with researchers, under proposals published by regulator Ofcom as part of its Online Safety Act implementation. But industry resistance, ... (more story)

Data processing by businesses scrutinized as US enforces cross-border rule July 09, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Maria Dinzeo

A broad swath of businesses’ data-processing activities could be subject to scrutiny under US rules targeting access to American data by foreign countries considered as adversaries, as a grace period ends and ... (more story)

Connecticut AG emphasizes timely responses in first Data Privacy Act fine July 09, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Timely responses and a demonstrated effort to comply with the Connecticut Data Privacy Act are crucial for avoiding severe fines, state Attorney General William Tong said as he announced the first monetary fine under the law.