EU & UK
- Movement for an Open Web filed a complaint with the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority after the WWW Consortium proposed an end to third-party cookies.
- Germany missed the EU AI Act deadline to designate a market surveillance authority, Hamburg’s Data Protection Commissioner revealed.
- Flo settled a class-action lawsuit in which users alleged the company shared sensitive personal health information without their permission.
- The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the obligation to notify consumers under the Payment Services Directive.
- The ICO released guidance on disclosing documents to the public. The guidance includes practical steps, checklists, and how-to videos to prevent data breaches.
- The DPC launched a new Adult Safeguarding Toolkit to provide organisations and individuals with guidance and resources to protect the personal data of vulnerable adults.
AMERICAS
- Many registered data brokers in California allegedly fail to honour CCPA opt-out requests, a UC Irvine study found.
- Google will beginto launch age-assurance tools to some U.S. users over the coming weeks.
- OpenAI CEO saidthat, due to a lack of regulations, there are no legal protections for users’ sensitive personal conversations on ChatGPT.
- Dating background check app Tea blocked its messaging services after the company was targeted in a cyberattack that breached users’ personal data and messages.
- California AG Rob Bonta joined 21 states in suing to block the USDA from accessing SNAP recipients’ personal data.
ASIA PACIFIC
- Australia’s Privacy Commissioner highlighted key points ahead of the Productivity Commission’s report on data and digital reforms, including boosting AI productivity.