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UK is tightening Online Safety Act with new rules to battle mental health challenges
Tech companies will be subdued to stricter legal requirements to protect citizens in the United Kingdom from self-harm content.
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Google has to pay a whopping €2.95B over “abusive practices” in online advertising
The European Commission has imposed a €2.95 billion fine for breaching EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in the advertising technology industry.
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EDRi concerned about ‘simplification’ of GDPR by the European Commission
European Digital Rights, an international nonprofit organization aiming to advance and defend digital rights on the European continent, is worried that the European Commission is trying to weaken the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by ‘simplifying’ certain rules.
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Google loses class-action lawsuit over privacy and must pay $425M
A federal jury in the United States has ordered Google to pay $425 million for violating users’ privacy. The search giant was accused of collecting data from millions of users, even after they had disabled a tracking feature in their Google accounts.
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CNIL fines Google for €325M for sending spam emails
The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection authority, has imposed a fine of €325 million on Google for sending unsolicited advertising emails to Gmail users.
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General Court rules in favor of EU-US Data Privacy Framework
The General Court, the second-highest court in the European Union, refuses to annul the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, a pact that was designed to legally transfer data between the EU and the United States.
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Disney settles with FTC over child data collection through YouTube videos
Disney and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have reached an agreement in a case involving the illegal collection of children's data through YouTube.
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First Meta and now Google will stop showing political ads in the EU
Starting September 2025, Google will update its political content policy. From then on, the search engine mogul will no longer allow political ads on its AdSense and AdMob advertising platforms.
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EDPB adopts data breach notification template
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has outlined new initiatives to make GDPR compliance easier for micro, small, and medium-sized organizations, including a data breach notification template.
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Ransomware group Hunters International shuts down operation, hands out free decryptors
On Thursday, Hunters International announced that it has officially shut up shop. In addition, the ransomware gang is offering free decryption keys for all victims.
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European Commission launches strategy to become global leader in life sciences by 2030
The European Commission has introduced a new strategy to make Europe “the most attractive place in the world” for life sciences by 2030.
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A quarter of all UK businesses were struck by a cyberattack last year
One in four businesses in the United Kingdom was the victim of a cyberattack last year. And many more are at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into a cybersecurity-related incident.
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Cloudflare launches marketplace for AI companies that want to scrape websites
Cloudflare, one of the biggest network operators in the world, has announced an online marketplace where AI companies can pay website owners for permission to scrape the content of their websites.
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International coalition takes down largest illegal trading platform for drugs
Law enforcement agencies from Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Romania, and the United States have dismantled ‘Archetyp Market’, one of the longest-running illegal marketplaces for drugs on the dark web.
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Disney and Universal suing Midjourney for copyright infringement
Disney and Universal have sued AI company Midjourney over alleged misuse of copyrighted material. The Hollywood companies are accusing Midjourney of using images from the two companies to train its AI models.
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EU preparing to introduce age verification app to protect minors
The European Commission is working on an age verification solution that will be introduced this Summer.
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Brussels is investing billions to make Europe more appealing to startups and scaleups
The European Union is set to invest billions of euros in European tech companies to turn them into billion-dollar companies.
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European Commission looking into EU-wide legal framework for metadata retention
The European Commission is examining the implications of new EU-wide directives on the retention of metadata by providers. Structured retention could help law enforcement authorities fight crime.
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EU consumer authorities demand that SHEIN stops misleading consumers
Chinese e-commerce company SHEIN must put an end to its misleading practices and unfair competition. The company has one month to make adjustments to its website.
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EU wants new rules to restrict children’s social media usage
The European Union calls for a new set of rules to curb children’s use of social media amid growing concerns about the impact of spending too much time on these online platforms.
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