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European Commission fines Apple, Meta for alleged DMA violations
Google abandons latest cookie deprecation plan
Google Vice President of Privacy Sandbox Anthony Chavez announced the company will forego its initiative to end third-party cookies and end work to develop a "new standalone prompt for third-party cookies." Chavez noted the decision was spurred by "divergent perspectives" across the advertising ecos...
Data governance: Why this year is different from all others
Recapping 10 years of holding privacy roundtables during the IAPP Global Privacy Summit with global stakeholders, Brookings Institute Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies Cameron Kerry writes the "landscape of data governance and protection looks much more unsettled" today amid U.S. t...
At GPS 2025: A view into US federal and state cybersecurity enforcement
U.S. federal and state regulators are using every tool at their disposal to combat the rampant increase in data security incidents. How those enforcement tactics play out vary, leaving companies with many questions regarding regulatory compliance and appropriate compliance measures. Regulators shed ...
At GPS 2025: FTC's Holyoak outlines next steps for US enforcement, innovation
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is aiming to balance the digital economy with precise enforcement and support for innovation, according to FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. IAPP Staff Writer Lexie White reports on Holyoak's keynote remarks at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, which included det...
EDPB, EDPS release 2024 annual reports
The European Data Protection Board published its 2024 annual report highlighting a range of work and undertakings toward "making the (EU General Data Protection Regulation) understandable and practical for all." Meanwhile, European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski presented the EDPS'...
CNIL outlines risks of compromised data
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, published a fictitious case highlighting the risks of unsecured access to data held by subcontractors. The CNIL outlined how to react to the breach, proper notification to the authority and affected indiv...
German DPAs closely monitoring Volkswagen's new data processing
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria's State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the Lower Saxony State Commissioner for Data Protection are in communication with Volkswagen about new data processing in customer vehicles to improv...
US appellate court dismisses FCC's AT&T fine
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed a USD57 million fine imposed on AT&T by the Federal Communications Commission over alleged sharing of customers' location data with third parties, ruling the company is entitled to a trial by jury, MediaPost reports. In the decision, Judg...
FTC publishes final COPPA Rule amendments
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission published the final amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule in the Federal Register. Amendments cover "one new definition and modifications to several others, as well as updates to key provisions to respond to changes in technology and online pra...