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Eight jurors to be selected in Flo Health US privacy trial June 27, 2025 | Amy Miller

Eight jurors will decide if fertility app Flo Health illegally shared women's menstrual and pregnancy data with Google and Meta Platforms, US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco said. The trial, slate... (more story)

Plaintiffs suing Google over Chrome data collection ask US appeals court for redo June 26, 2025 | Mike Swift

Saying a recent decision by a federal judge in California handing a privacy win to Google was in "direct conflict" with an earlier appeals court ruling in the case, a group of plaintiffs asked the US Court of ... (more story)

Connecticut expands privacy law as attorney general stresses consumer protection June 26, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

Connecticut strengthened its protections over sensitive data, including neural data and children’s information, after Governor Ned Lamont signed a data-protection law. Protecting the data is important because ... (more story)

Global momentum grows for redesigning platforms to protect children June 26, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

More regulatory measures targeting both large and small tech platforms used by minors are urgently needed, officials from the EU, Norway, and Sierra Leone agreed during a panel discussion today. Changing algor... (more story)

Draft EU Quantum Strategy eyes commercialization, research ahead of 2026 law June 26, 2025 | Júlia Tar

A draft of the EU's Quantum Strategy, seen by MLex, outlines a plan to accelerate chip industrialization, fast-track commercialization and establish a quantum ecosystem — and sets the stage for a legislative p... (more story)

Google may face record EUR525 million French privacy fine for cookie violations June 26, 2025 | Matthew Newman

Google could be fined a record 525 million euros for alleged violations of French rules on managing cookies and personalized advertising in e-mail service Gmail, a French data protection official said during a... (more story)

Company heads, civil society to meet with EU to discuss GDPR simplification June 26, 2025 | Luca Bertuzzi

EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath will host a high-level meeting on July 16 to gather ideas on simplifying the GDPR with upcoming targeted amendments. Part of the European Commission’s “implementation di... (more story)

X can't avoid new harmful online content provisions, Australian watchdog says June 26, 2025 | Saloni Sinha and James Panichi

Australia’s online-safety regulator has pushed back against claims by X, formerly Twitter, that it isn’t bound by new standards the watchdog issued under Australia’s 2021 Online Safety Act. In court documents ... (more story)

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Tech sector questions scope, confidentiality of new EU cross-border GDPR rules June 26, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

Industry groups representing large US technology companies — such as Meta, Google and Microsoft — are expressing concerns about the scope and confidentiality of new rules for streamlining cross-border enforcem... (more story)

Google’s US adtech case sees EU regulator muddy waters on document disclosure June 26, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

A US court may order Google to disclose documents submitted last year to the EU antitrust regulator relating to commitments offered in an ongoing antitrust probe. The European Commission has declined to object... (more story)

COPPA update gets early start in US Senate with industry support June 25, 2025 | Madeline Hughes

A children’s privacy bill that would extend protections to teenagers in the US is getting an early start this Congress with new support from the tech industry. The Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection... (more story)

Brazil Supreme Court to alter social media liability, but justices must strike balance June 25, 2025 | Henrique Santiago

The justices of Brazil’s highest court have secured a majority vote to amend Article 19 of the Internet Civil Rights Framework. The court will address in depth the role of models for holding social media platf... (more story)

Google to face Texas jury to decide liability in states' adtech claims June 23, 2025 | Mike Swift

A Texas federal judge ruled that a jury, rather than the judge, will decide key liability issues on a Texas-led coalition of 17 states and territories' allegations that Google’s adtech business violates state ... (more story)

TikTok ruling triggers debate over IP law's intersection with Indian state policy June 23, 2025 | Freny Patel

In a clear signal that geopolitics can override even the most widespread goodwill, an Indian court recently delivered a pointed verdict in the high-stakes case of ByteDance (TikTok) vs. The Registrar of Tradem... (more story)

Khan, former FTC officials say they left 'durable blueprint' for digital privacy enforcement June 20, 2025 | Mike Swift

Judging that the "narrow, hollowed out, ideologically inflected conception" of Reagan-era privacy enforcement limited to deceptive conduct could no longer protect American consumers in the modern digital econo... (more story)

WhatsApp’s ads plan will pose questions for EU’s tech and privacy rulebooks June 20, 2025 | Sara Brandstätter

WhatsApp’s announcement this week that it will start offering targeted advertising, while unlikely to happen in the EU for some time, poses questions over compliance with the EU’s "digital gatekeeper" competit... (more story)