U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation within an omnibus foreign aid package that could ban TikTok if ByteDance does not sell the social media platform within nine months, The Washington Post reports. The legislative package also includes the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending USD5.6 million worth of refunds to Ring camera customers who were affected by the company's alleged insufficient data security and nonconsensual data use for algorithm training. The FTC claimed the data security shortcomings allowed hackers to "take contr...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced a finalized rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to strengthen privacy protections for reproductive health care. The rule bars disclosure of women's protected health information for obtai...

IAB Europe published a response to the European Data Protection Board's opinion on the legality of pay-or-consent models for obtaining valid consent to process personal data. IAB Europe said the opinion creates "legal uncertainty for many businesses beyond large online platforms" and the EDPB made "...

The California State Senate Committee on Rules appointed Drew Liebert, an attorney who most recently served as the Senate majority leader's chief of staff, to the California Privacy Protection Agency Board. Liebert replaces Lydia de la Torre, whose three-year term ended in March.Full story...