Europe’s privacy groups take on Big Tech with class action cases – POLITICO
Countries like the Netherlands and Belgium have long traditions of collective action for consumers, while in other EU countries legal…
Age checks for internet search engines
Rachel Mealey: It began with a crackdown on minimum required ages for social media platforms, but soon internet…
McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’
If you want a job at McDonald’s today, there’s a good chance you’ll have to talk to Olivia.…
Record attendance expected at Budapest Pride march despite Orban warning | European Union News
Thousands to march in Hungary’s capital despite government ban, highlighting EU-wide resistance against anti-LGBTQ laws. A record number…
Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared
Facebook is asking users for access to their phone’s camera roll to automatically suggest AI-edited versions of their…
Germany asks Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek from app stores
The German regulator has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores.…
Backchannel reference checks: Is it ok to phone a friend?
“There is no reason to be secretive about it. All the Privacy Act is saying, if you’re going to…
WhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever
This week, WhatsApp did something its founders said it would never do: it’s putting advertisements inside the app.…
Europe fast-tracks its Big Tech privacy cases – POLITICO
The law has a “one-stop-shop” mechanism, which puts one national data protection authority in the driver’s seat for…
States sue to block the sale of genetic data collected by DNA testing company 23andMe | business
Dozens of states have filed a joint lawsuit against the bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe to block the company’s sale of…