International
- Seventy-two UN Member States, along with the EU, have signed a new convention aimed at combating cybercrime.
- Global Privacy Enforcement Network will conduct a privacy sweep focused on protecting children’s data.
- European Data Protection Board has adopted its opinion on the draft adequacy decision for Brazil.
EMEA
- Swiss Federal Council has launched consultation on communication platforms and search engines regulation
- UK ICO has opened consultation on enforcement procedural guidance
- CNIL has released a survey exploring public readiness to pay for online services without targeted advertising.
- European Commission has adopted new rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA), granting researchers access to large online platforms’ data.
- Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman has fined Aktia Bank EUR 865,000 for inadequate security measures in its electronic identification service.
- Swedish DPA to investigate on IT company for data breach of 1.5M people.
- EU may delay parts of AI Act under pressure from U.S. and big tech.
- EU think tank proposal to establish a new EU tech enforcement agency.
- Hungary has officially enacted its national AI law.
- Germany’s Federal Data Protection Commissioner has approved the first consent manager under the Consent Management Ordinance.
Americas
- Texas Attorney General has finalized a USD 1.3 billion settlement with Google over privacy violations.
- EPIC has urged the FTC to block Meta’s plan to use chatbot data for targeted advertising
- Attorney General has released the 2025 enforcement report under the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act
- Final phase of compliance with amendments to the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation has come into effect.
APAC
- New Zealand’s Biometric Privacy Code governing new processing activities is now in force.
- The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released 2024-2025 annual report
- National People’s Congress of China has passed amendments to the Cybersecurity Law.
- Vietnam has introduced a National Data Architecture Framework
- India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT unveiled AI governance guidelines
- China’s CAC has published Q&A on new regulations for cross-border data flows.
- Singapore’s Cybersecurity Amendment Act has entered into force.