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...

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...

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...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has funds to continue operating until 20 Oct. if the U.S. government fails to avoid a shutdown by 30 Sept., Bloomberg reports. After that, the agency would furlough staff, pause active litigation and its work could slow, including rulemaking on commercial surveillan...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission extended its deadline to consider the Entertainment Software Rating Board's application to use "Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation" technology. The commission extended its original 2 Oct. deadline by 120 days after receiving more than 350 comments. ESRB, Yoti ...