PRG News Roundup, November 29, 2023
Meta's paid ad-free service launched in Europe in November was targeted in an Austrian privacy complaint. The complaint was filed by the digital rights group NOYB with Austria's Data Protection…
PRG News Roundup, November 15, 2023
News The European Parliament adopted the final version of the Data Act on November 9, 2023. The Data Act aims to create a new single market for data sharing and…
PRG News Roundup, October 25, 2023
News The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed the Personal Financial Data Rights rule to give people a legal right to give third parties access to their data related to…
PRG News Roundup, November 1, 2023
News The Biden-Harris Administration issued a landmark executive order entitled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI.” The order aims to standardize federal procurement of AI, and to lay out the groundwork for establishing new…
PRG News Roundup, October 18, 2023
News California governor Gavin Newsom signed the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to register with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and charges the CPPA with developing a one-stop-shop deletion…
PRG News Roundup, October 11, 2023
News In September 25, it was reported that a Chinese programmer had been administratively punished for more than 1 million RMB (approximately 145000 USD) due to his illegal use of…
PRG News Roundup, October 4, 2023
News The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has confirmed that Canadian citizens have the "right to be forgotten" online. In a 2017 case, a man complained that Google violated Canada's…
PRG News Roundup, September 27, 2023
News The Federal Trade Commission and 17 attorneys general launched a lawsuit against Amazon alleging the company exercises illegal monopoly power through anti-competitive strategies like anti-discounting measures and biasing search…
PRG News Roundup, September 20, 2023
News On September 19, UK passed the Online Safety Bill which sets new and tougher duties on social media platforms seeking, among other things, children’s protection and safety. A federal judge granted…
PRG News Roundup, September 13, 2023
News Mozilla says "modern cars are a privacy nightmare." This summer has seen increasing attention by data protection agencies towards the collection and use of personal data to train AI…