The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office found Google's proposed third-party cookie replacement, the Privacy Sandbox, needs to better protect users' personal data, according to ICO draft documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal. A review of the the ICO report found, as presently constituted, ...

The European Data Protection Board's opinion on the pay-or-consent models being deployed by large online platforms as a legal construct to support behavioral advertising, is generating unprecedented aggravation and heated opinions, IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, writes. Det...

South Korea's Personal Information Protection Committee updated guidelines for conducting data protection impact assessments under the Personal Information Protection Act. The revised notice includes new sections on automated decision-making technology, pseudonymous information processing and change...

A significant amount of U.N. Development Programme data related to its staff and internal operations was stolen in a ransomware attack, CyberScoop reports. While the agency did not detail what types of data was stolen, hackers reportedly were able to "access a number of servers" that contained "a la...

The Cyberspace Administration of China ordered WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram be removed from Apple's App Store this week for national security reasons, The Wall Street Journal reports. A person familiar with the decision said it was due political content shared on the apps, which Apple disputed.Full...