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Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case
Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclu... (more story)
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California’s data broker deletion tool gains users, interest from other states
More than 260,000 Californians have used the state’s new DROP platform to demand that data brokers delete their personal information, as officials say the platform ... (more story)
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Singapore, Ireland data protection regulators grapple with digital sovereignty
As countries embrace the concept of digital sovereignty—the political view that a nation or region should control its entire digital stack—data protection authoriti... (more story)
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China’s actors are pushing for tighter controls on unauthorized AI use of likeness and voice data, as an industry body warned on Thursday that such practices are infringing legal rights and urged platforms and... (more story)
Chinese regulators have launched a nationwide campaign to strengthen personal-data protection, expanding scrutiny into new sectors while deepening enforcement against persistent violations identified last year... (more story)
Coupang will undergo a government check on whether it has properly carried out its recurrence-prevention measures following its large-scale personal data breach, while South Korea’s privacy watchdog is nearing... (more story)
Data protection regulators from Europe met US tech company officials and US state and federal regulators this week to explain the EU’s data protection rules amid criticism the rules are stifling innovation, th... (more story)
An umbrella group of EU data protection authorities will release guidelines on anonymization — a key concept on how the bloc’s data protection rules are applied to personal data — by the summer, the group’s ch... (more story)
China’s top intelligence and counterespionage agency warned that smart wearables pose risks of sensitive data leaks, citing vulnerabilities that could threaten national security and personal privacy. In a WeCh... (more story)
Service providers are expected to adopt a risk-based approach to age assurance under Australia’s draft children’s privacy code, using less intrusive methods where privacy risks are low and stronger measures wh... (more story)
An Irish privacy watchdog’s investigation into Google’s use of location data should be concluded by the end of 2026, one of the three commissioners at the country's Data Protection Commission has said. Niamh S... (more story)
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Meta Platforms’ exposure to a potential settlement in a German consumer action over a Facebook data leak is emerging as a key test of how far collective redress under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulatio... (more story)
When privacy professionals descended on Washington, DC, this week, they knew they were walking into a conference focused equally on privacy and artificial intelligence. But they may not have anticipated a loom... (more story)
The National Data Protection Agency has begun enforcing Brazil’s child online safety law, and the agency's president told MLex in an exclusive interview that the watchdog will not interfere with tech firms’ ag... (more story)
Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next s... (more story)
Outgoing CADE President Gustavo de Lima said he leaves Brazil’s competition authority with a stronger record on settlements and a marked expansion in unilateral conduct enforcement and digital markets, while k... (more story)
The deletion of data and algorithms as an US Federal Trade Commission remedy for unfair or deceptive data privacy practices could go by the wayside. These “are viewed as the more extreme measures,” US Federal ... (more story)
Major online platforms saw UK lawmakers leave a growing standoff over child safety unresolved as they began their Easter break. The House of Lords this week renewed a push for an under-16 ban on social media, ... (more story)
A New Mexico jury’s quick, decisive verdict in the state’s lawsuit against Meta Platforms, alleging the company harmed children, shows the strength of laws barring unfair and deceptive practices.