The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is under a temporary block from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It represents a boiling point in a major U.S. legal debate around youth safety laws' perceived conflict with free speech protections. IAPP Managing Director...

Australia Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus revealed inclusions and exclusions concerning provisions of the pending Privacy Act reform, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Australia's government received 116 recommendations for the reform, including 106 that will either be included in the pending legisla...

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office warned organizations regarding the need to increase data protection and security concerning sensitive information belonging to victims of domestic abuse. The warning comes as the ICO issued seven reprimands in 14 months over data breaches involving domestic...

In an open letter to Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne, stakeholders called for major changes to Bill C-27, Canada's proposed omnibus privacy and artificial intelligence legislation, the Financial Post reports. Meanwhile, in an opening statement before...

Reuters reports Finland's Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman suspended a temporary ban on data transfers to and from Russia through ride-hailing app Yango. An ongoing ombudsman review of the matter showed Russian legislation that allegedly would have provided government access to data did not a...