A federal judge weighed Blue Shield of California's bid to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the insurer of funneling protected health information to Google and Meta through tracking pixels embedded on its website.

Lawyers for New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez told a judge Tuesday that Meta Platforms should be required to enable age-verification measures with 99 percent accuracy to keep children under age 13 off it... (more story)

A top US official said Tuesday the Trump administration is seeking to reshore as much of the supply chain for critical minerals back to the country as possible as Washington eyes independence from China on the resources. 

EU policy makers are due to discuss legislative amendments to the bloc's landmark AI law on Wednesday in a bid to find an agreement on how to reform the way the legislation applies to products already regulate... (more story)

Hong Kong is developing expedited procedures for cross-border data and biological sample transfers at a joint science park with Shenzhen, as the city seeks to become a conduit for data flows between mainland C... (more story)

Meta Platforms and lawyers for the New Mexico attorney general's office on Monday began a three-week remedies trial, the second phase of a milestone trial whose first phase ended with a jury finding that Meta ... (more story)

Kochava would be barred from selling or sharing sensitive location data and required to obtain affirmative consent before using precise location data under a newly disclosed settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission.

Companies should adopt data minimization practices when implementing age-assurance technology on their platforms, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne emphasized on Monday.