News 19 January 2026 Californians begin using ‘DROP’ tool, asking data brokers to delete their personal data The tool launched on 1 January 2026 under the California Delete Act,...
News 19 January 2026 Ireland remains Europe’s top data enforcer with €4bn total fines issued since 2018 The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) remains Europe’s largest data enforcer by...
News 19 January 2026 Spain’s Data Protection Authority Warns of ‘Visible and Invisible’ Risks From AI Image Systems Spain’s data protection authority has issued a new guidance document warning that...
News 12 January 2026 California Privacy Agency Fines Unregistered Data Brokers A pair of data brokers will have to pay $107,600 in fines...
News 12 January 2026 Texas court blocks Samsung from tracking TV viewing, then vacates order After publishing this story, Samsung told BleepingComputer that the Texas court vacated...
News 12 January 2026 EU countries gear up to let US tap their citizens’ biometrics EU countries are preparing to allow the United States access to national...
News 12 January 2026 California bans data broker reselling health data of millions The California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) has taken action against the Datamasters...
News 12 January 2026 UK investigates Musk’s X over Grok deepfake concerns Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into Elon Musk’s X on Monday...
News 12 January 2026 California takes tough stance against Datamasters for resales of and misleading on data. California’s Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) gave marketing firm Datamasters a small fine...
News 12 January 2026 Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) suffered a data breach that impacted 700K individuals The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS ) disclosed a data breach...