Privacy Law Updates
What privacy regulators, government agencies and advocates say, in their own words, with a link to every source.
62 updates
- When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information
- Swedish DPA fines Miljödata i Karlskrona approximately EUR 160 000 for insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
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Dutch DPA fines Uber EUR 824 990 000 for unlawful automated decision-making and insufficient information on profiling
Companies: Uber
- Hellenic DPA decision on a data breach involving E.E.T.A.A. S.A. as processor for the Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs
- DROP FAQ: 10 Common Questions about DROP
- LibreOffice says ‘no AI’ is now a software feature
- Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’
- Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using Flock
- Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations
- Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility
- Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants
- California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
- Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
- Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries
- California Expands Privacy Protections by Strengthening Deletion Rights
- DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
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The Irish Data Protection Commission fines Google 403 000 000 EUR following Inquiry into Google’s processing of location data
Companies: Google
- The Spanish DPA fined Securitas Direct 100 000 EUR for making the exercise of data subject rights more difficult by directing individuals to a chargeable telephone number
- EU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
- EDPB harmonises fining methodology and adopts final DSA-GDPR guidelines
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How to Limit What Apple’s New Siri AI Can Access in iOS 27
Companies: Apple
- Petition for Rulemaking of Robert Michael Vanleeuwen
- Failure to respect the rights of individuals: The CNIL fined EXTIA 300 000 EUR
- Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening
- Digital Sovereignty: What It Is, What It Could Be
- Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR
- Health data breach: the CNIL fined Hôpital Privé de la Loire 500 000 EUR
- Data Protection Commission announces Final Decision following Inquiry into the Health Service Executive (HSE)
- Enforcement Advisory Targets Incorrect Information in Data Broker Registration
- Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
- A Mini-Guide to Making Sense of Personal Information
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Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social Media Users
Companies: Meta
- CalPrivacy Continues Enforcement Blitz with Action Against Virginia Data Broker
- Doxxing Safety Part II: Incident Response
- Doxxing Safety Pt I: Prevention and Footprint Management
- Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases
- EFF and Allies on Brazil's Elections: Privacy Protections are Crucial to Electoral Integrity
- California Legislature Advances Bill to Strengthen Deletion Rights
- SalesIntel Research, Inc.
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EFF Statement on Meta Settlement
Companies: Meta
- A List of ICE Subpoenas to Tech Companies
- Half a Million Californians Have Signed up for DROP to Delete their Personal Information from Data Brokers
- Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
- Privacy Enforcement: A Rare Opportunity to Guide a World Class Enforcement Team
- Intermediary Liability in Brazil: The Intricate Path Ahead
- Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back on ICE Subpoenas. They Should All Do More.
- CalPrivacy Announces Second Data Broker Enforcement Action in Less than a Week
- CalPrivacy Brings First Action Against a Data Broker Under Both the CCPA and Delete Act
- This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you
- Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
- Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
- FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap
- Stakeholder event on guidelines on the interplay between data protection and competition law: overview of topics available
- PSA: Your Claude shared chats and Artifacts may have ended up on Google
- Can Apple make smart glasses that aren’t a constant privacy threat?
- Stakeholder event on guidelines on the interplay between data protection and competition law: save the date
- UK government scraps plans for digital ID cards after millions of Brits opposed
- EDPB calls for legal basis for cross-regulatory information sharing
- Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says new research
- EDPB requires Belgian DPA to handle the merits of NOYB cookie banner complaint
- LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
- Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims