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EU Age Verification under scrutiny as transparency questions remain
The European Commission’s DG CONNECT disclosed nine documents in response to an access-to-documents request, but all were already…
UK pushes for tougher age checks as TikTok faces investigation
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, is demanding stronger age verification measures from social media platforms ahead of a…
US Supreme Court ruling threatens EU-US data transfers
A new US Supreme Court ruling questions the independence of the FTC, undermining a key legal pillar of…
Digital wallets are the new trust infrastructure for the digital economy
The World Bank argues that digital wallets represent a fundamental shift from siloed digital identity, data-sharing, and payment…
Global privacy alarm raised for AI without consent
On 23 February 2026, a coalition led by the Global Privacy Assembly warned about AI systems generating realistic…
How LLMs leak your data while prompting
Simple prompt injections can trick LLM agents into exposing sensitive personal data. Even with safeguards, attackers extract details…
Austria deals blow to “Pay or Okay” consent model
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court confirmed that DerStandard’s “Pay or Okay” model breaches the GDPR. Users had to…
When privacy becomes training data
Researchers found millions of passports, credit cards, résumés, and faces in DataComp CommonPool, a massive AI training dataset…
FTC notifies 3.7 million Avast customers about compensation
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is emailing 3.7 million Avast customers, informing them they may be eligible…
Apple halts encrypted iCloud backups in the UK
Apple has stopped offering end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK due to government demands. UK authorities issued…