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US DOJ's Slater says antitrust enforcers have role to play in deregulating economy May 10, 2025 | Khushita Vasant

Gail Slater, antitrust chief at the US Department of Justice, today said competition authorities ought to explore steps they can take and the role they have to play in stimulating economic growth and deregulat... (more story)

Google will pay $1.38 billion to settle Texas privacy suits May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift, Maria Dinzeo and Xu Yuan

In a landmark settlement that underscores the growing prominence of US states in privacy regulation, Google will pay nearly $1.4 billion to settle two privacy cases filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton i... (more story)

Trans-Atlantic digital policy coordination at risk, EU parliament advisor says May 09, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Trans-Atlantic digital policy coordination on privacy and artificial intelligence is in danger of being lost in the uncertainty and tension between the US and European Union, said Kai Zenner, the head of offic... (more story)

Texas House passes app store age verification bill May 09, 2025 | Xu Yuan

A bill that would put the burden of conducting age verification on Apple Store, Google Play and other app stores passed out of the state House of Representatives in Texas, following its passage in the state Senate.

Neiman Marcus seeks approval of $3.5 million US settlement over Snowflake data breach May 09, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group is asking a federal judge to approve a $3.5 million settlement with consumers whose personal data was exposed in a 2024 cyberattack on cloud storage provider Snowflake.

Deepfake app and porn site probed by UK watchdog over age verification May 09, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Itai Tech, operator of the nudification app Undress.cc, and Score Internet Group, owner of porn website Scoreland.com, are under investigation for potential breaches of age verification rules under the UK's On... (more story)

BetterHelp should be ready to produce source code in pixel tracking case, US judge signals May 09, 2025 | Maria Dinzeo

At a hearing today, a US federal judge overseeing a privacy class action against BetterHelp over tracking pixels that shared users' data with Meta Platforms and Google said it doesn't seem unduly burdensome fo... (more story)

Change Healthcare attempt to collect US data breach loans premature, plaintiffs say May 08, 2025 | Mike Swift

Change Healthcare is improperly trying to prematurely collect loans it issued to healthcare providers following a massive 2024 cyberattack that exposed the health data of over 100 million Americans, lawyers fo... (more story)

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A hundred days into US FTC under new chairman, don't call leadership regulators May 09, 2025 | Mike Swift and Ilana Kowarski

Last week marked 100 days since the start of Andrew Ferguson’s leadership of the US Federal Trade Commission, and while the new chairman has frequently talked the talk of a full-throated Trump populist, the wa... (more story)

Age-verification regulation at EU level is needed, Danish minister Stage says May 09, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Social media platforms’ age verification — intended to keep children out — needs to be regulated at the EU level, Denmark's digital minister told MLex in an interview. Caroline Stage Olsen said that platforms ... (more story)

Australian government could use electoral mandate to revive dormant policy May 08, 2025 | James Panichi

The center-left government of Australia has been returned to office with an enhanced electoral majority, handing it a mandate to push ahead with key policies outlined over the past three years. Prominent candi... (more story)

Surveillance pricing faces judicial review in US as cases target broad data collection May 07, 2025 | Mike Swift

With the US Federal Trade Commission and lawmakers in California and elsewhere scrutinizing “surveillance pricing” practices, private litigation is also starting to target that nascent practice, where retailer... (more story)

Meta’s $168 million US court win has implications for digital surveillance May 06, 2025 | Xu Yuan and Mike Swift

Unconvinced by NSO Group Technologies’ argument that it couldn’t – and shouldn’t – pay punitive damages for using WhatsApp to plant its Pegasus software on unsuspecting surveillance targets around the world, a... (more story)

Meta ramps up pressure tactics for UK nod to its ad-free subscription model May 06, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo and Frank Hersey

Meta Platforms is hoping to get the UK data privacy regulator on board with its plans for an ad-free subscription version of its social media products for the British market in coming months. The US tech giant... (more story)

TikTok’s data-to-China penalty raises questions on EU rules on data transfers May 02, 2025 | Matthew Newman

A 530 million-euro EU fine against TikTok for breaching the GDPR has raised questions about whether any company that sends personal data to China can do so legally under the law. The Irish data regulator's dec... (more story)

Platforms left to puzzle over fake news as UK regulator and government diverge May 02, 2025 | Patricia Figueiredo

Tech platforms covered by the UK's Online Safety Act this week received mixed messages from regulator Ofcom and government officials on how the law covers misinformation and disinformation. At a parliamentary ... (more story)