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UK manufacturers will get time to comply with IoT privacy rules August 06, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Smart-home and connected-device manufacturers in the UK will not face immediate enforcement under new data protection guidance once the rules are finalized, a policy adviser for the Information Commissioner’s ... (more story)

Amazon’s data practices trigger questions to EU court, could impact collective redress August 06, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter and Charlotte Westphal

Amazon’s alleged unlawful processing of personal data is at the center of a referral to the EU’s top court, a case that could reshape how collective privacy claims are brought under the EU's data protection la... (more story)

UK links youth investment to screen time as platforms face online safety duties August 06, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

The UK government has announced an 88 million pound investment in youth services to cut screen time, framing it as a response to growing pressures children face online. The announcement comes as platforms face... (more story)

South Korea's first privacy guidelines for gen AI aim to erase legal uncertainty August 06, 2025 | Jenny Lee

South Korea’s privacy regulator has unveiled the country’s first guidelines for handling personal data in the development and use of generative AI, aimed at clarifying how privacy law applies across the AI lif... (more story)

Nvidia defends GPU security again after China summons over alleged backdoors August 06, 2025 | MLex Staff

Nvidia’s chief security officer has reiterated that the company’s GPUs contain no kill switches, spyware or backdoors, following a recent summons from the Chinese regulator over alleged security risks tied to ... (more story)

SK Telecom privacy decision expected soon in South Korea's worst telecom data leak August 06, 2025 | Jenny Lee

SK Telecom has received formal notice from South Korea’s privacy watchdog that it intends to impose sanctions over a massive leak of user USIM data, raising the prospect of the largest privacy fine in the coun... (more story)

Big Tech is enabling online child sexual abuse, Australian watchdog says August 06, 2025 | James Panichi

Apple, Google and Meta Platform’s winding back of content moderation and online-safety policies has created “gaps” in their efforts to combat sexual crimes against children that take place on their services, A... (more story)

China's intelligence agency cites foreign threats in power bank, AI ecosystems August 05, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s top intelligence agency has raised new alarms over security risks linked to shared power banks and artificial intelligence data integrity, signaling growing official concern over consumer technology an... (more story)

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Social media features, content to be examined in case on teen mental health August 06, 2025 | Xu Yuan

Ahead of the first trial in the US on social media’s role in the deterioration of young people’s mental health, scheduled for November, a state court in Los Angeles has once again been confronted with the ques... (more story)

Roblox dependence on youth users triggers regulatory risk, but lucrative audience August 06, 2025 | Mike Swift

Roblox, which recently surpassed $1 billion in quarterly revenue and 100 million daily users — with 40 percent of those users under age 13 — faces complex regulatory risks worldwide. Roblox’s combination of a ... (more story)

Meta loses high-stakes CIPA trial as US lawmakers move to rein in law's scope August 04, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

A federal jury sent a clear message to Meta Platforms on Friday that receiving sensitive health data from a period-tracking app violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act, a verdict that is expected to em... (more story)

Cambridge Analytica case revived in DC as Meta moves to settle remaining US suits August 04, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

As the regulatory fallout from Meta Platforms' Cambridge Analytica breach appeared to be subsiding in the US, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals revived the district’s lawsuit claiming the company viola... (more story)

UK open data plans invite trade-secrets concerns August 04, 2025 | Douglas Clarke-Williams

UK companies facing new requirements to share customer and business data are awaiting details on how their trade secrets will be protected under the new requirements. Unlike the EU’s Data Act, the UK’s new dat... (more story)

Jury says Meta violated California wiretapping law in first Big Tech privacy trial August 01, 2025 | Mike Swift and Maria Dinzeo

A federal jury in San Francisco ruled that Meta Platforms violated California wiretapping law by intentionally receiving sensitive menstrual and reproductive data from the Flo Health app via its software devel... (more story)

Trump escalates feud with Brazil by imposing controversial sanctions on judge July 31, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld and Henrique Santiago

As part of a broader effort to impose his will on Brazil’s government, US President Donald Trump put a Brazilian high court judge on a blacklist targeting human rights abusers around the world. The measures pu... (more story)

Trump administration’s centralized medical record system raises privacy concerns July 31, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

The co-mingling of protected medical records with data from health apps in the Trump administration’s new Health Tech Ecosystem is raising privacy concerns just after the administration announced the program s... (more story)