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How a 'one-off' case could upend the CFAA and a critical cyber defense tool
A prominent cybersecurity group is warning that a recent appellate court ruling upholding the conviction of former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan could undermine ... (more story)
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Amazon admonished for 'bad faith' privilege tactics in US FTC case
A US federal judge admonished Amazon for abusing attorney-client privilege to withhold nearly 70,000 documents from the Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit over i... (more story)
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South Korean president ties AI ambitions to cybersecurity overhaul
South Korea’s drive to become a global power in artificial intelligence will hinge on whether it can build robust cybersecurity foundations, President Lee Jae Myung... (more story)
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Clearview AI and a group of California law enforcement agencies that allegedly used the controversial facial-recognition company's services face a March 2027 trial date to defend claims they violated the priva... (more story)
Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm knew his cryptocurrency mixer was being used by criminals to launder their dirty money, prosecutors said today at the start of his US trial, while the defense said he had no... (more story)
France’s highest court has reinstated a government decree requiring pornographic websites to verify users’ ages after rejecting a bid by xHamster operator Hammy Media Ltd to suspend the measure on the grounds ... (more story)
A major data breach that exposed details of thousands of Afghans who had worked with UK forces was revealed today after the lifting of a "super-injunction" that prevented any mention of it in order to protect ... (more story)
UK pension providers could gain more flexibility to send e-mails without first gaining user consent, under new proposals set out today in a government policy paper. The finance ministry is consulting on new le... (more story)
South Korean AI chatbot developer Scatter Lab has appealed a recent lower court decision that ordered the company to compensate users affected by a data breach. The appeal follows a June 12 decision by the Seo... (more story)
Online platforms must adopt risk-based, privacy-preserving measures to shield minors from harmful content and interactions, under new European Commission guidelines published today. The guidelines — issued und... (more story)
EU judges will rule soon on a landmark case involving the definition of personal data, and whether a data controller must inform users when their data is transferred to a third party. The EU Court of Justice w... (more story)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled that content involving serious crimes posted by users, such as antidemocratic acts and violence against minors, must be removed immediately by social media platforms or ... (more story)
Cybersecurity experts are concerned that legal ambiguities will undermine companies' efforts to ensure data security if a 2015 law is permitted to expire.