Rarely has a European Data Protection Board plenary generated so much aggravation and heated opinions as what we are seeing this week. The EDPB issued its opinion on the pay-or-consent models being deployed by large online platforms as a legal construct to support behavioral advertising. This follo...

Thailand's Digital Platform Services Law, which aims to increase transparency with digital platforms, "marked a significant step in shaping the evolving landscape of digital platforms in Thailand." R&T Asia Legal Counsel Praonapha Rakchartcharoen, CIPP/E, broke down the impact the law has on dig...

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said in an interview with Heather du Plessis-Allan that he aims to review the Privacy Act and introduce a "right to be forgotten," NewsTalkZB reports. Webster said, following the results from the Children and Young People Privacy survey, he is concern...

Japan's data protection authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission, released its triennial review of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. The report details potential provisions to the APPI, including a surcharge system and possible criminal penalties in an effort to inc...

The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce kickstarted the legislative process for the proposed American Privacy Rights Act at the subcommittee level 17 April. While bipartisanship and points of consensus were made clear by lawmakers, key House members are signaling the discussion draft will ne...