EU & UK
- The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information requested that both Apple and Google block the Chinese generative AI model DeepSeek from their app stores.
- Belgium’s Data Protection Authority dismissed 16 complaints filed by privacy rights organisation NOYB.
- Guernsey’s ODPA hosted the annual British, Irish, and Islands meeting, highlighting children’s privacy, international cooperation, tech innovation, and modern enforcement.
- The Irish Data Protection Commissioner fined the City of Dublin Education and Training Board EUR 125,000 for GDPR violations following a data breach inquiry.
- The FDPIC decided that Inkasso-Team AG violated the Federal Act on Data Protection 2020 by publishing personal data of alleged debtors online without informing them.
- The Italian DPA fined Autostrade per l’Italia EUR 420,000 for GDPR and Personal Data Protection Code violations after a complaint from an employee.
AMERICAS
- The U.S. District Court of Texas ruled to invalidate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act rule on the disclosure of individuals’ personal health data in legal investigations.
- The Electronic Privacy Information Centre published a report detailing how AI systems’ potential to cause privacy harms will require comprehensive risk assessments.
- The U.S. House Chief Administrative Officer, Catherine Szpindor barred staff from using the messaging app WhatsApp due to data security concerns.
- Consumers who do not use TikTok asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to restore their lawsuit that claimed the social platform’s tracking tools collected their personal information.
- A U.S. judge granted AT&T preliminary approval to settle a class-action lawsuit involving a data breach against the company for USD177 million.