The Indian Parliament listed a bill proposing parental consent for children to access social media and online gaming platforms.
South Korea’s PIPC imposed a fine of KRW 168 million on an outsourcing service company for inadequate access controls and authentication safeguards.
Japan’s House of Councillors passed a bill to amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information.
Singapore’s PDPC and IMDA published a federated learning guide and new use cases under the Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Sandbox.
South Korea’s PIPC issued clarification on data portability requirements governing automated data scraping.

EMEA

The European Commission issued binding measures under Digital Markets Act concerning a technology company’s Android AI interoperability and search data sharing.
UK’s ICO imposed a fine of GBP 130,000 on a marketing company for unlawful direct marketing calls.
France’s CNIL published FAQs on implementing its recommendation regarding tracking pixels in emails.
Italy’s Garante sanctioned a telecommunications company EUR 1.71 million over security failures leading to data breach.
The European Data Protection Board instructed Belgium’s Data Authority to assess the merits of NOYB’s cookie banner complaint against a public broadcasting company.
The Hungarian National Bank stated that banks would bear losses from unauthorized cyber fraud if strong customer authentication was not implemented.
The European Commission and AI Board assessed the Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content.
Slovenia’s Information Commissioner published FAQs on deepfakes and personal data protection.
Poland’s Data Management Act, implementing the EU Data Governance Act entered into force.
The UK’s DSIT sought evidence for data regulation in the age of AI and other data intensive technologies.
The EU Court of Justice ruled that online publishing of anti-doping violations must comply with the GDPR.
The Netherlands’ AP published new guidelines and implementation tool for generative AI.
Israel’s Privacy Protection Authority published recommendations for the safe personal use of AI agents.

Americas

U.S. Senators introduced the Digital Age Assurance Act to establish a device level age assurance framework.
Canada’s securities regulator published updated cybersecurity findings and guidance for registered firms.
The FTC ordered a resident screening company to pay USD 2.25 million for alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting and FTC Act.
Texas’ AG secured a temporary injunction requiring a communications platform to implement age assurance and child safety protections.
A coalition of U.S. Attorneys General secured a USD 18 million settlement with a genetic testing company for its 2023 data breach.
Illinois’ Governor signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act establishing age assurance and child safety requirements for online platforms.
Hawaii enacted the AI Disclosure and Safety Act, strengthening safeguards for AI companion services.

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