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The U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board is planning to investigate the hack of major telecommunications companies that resulted in the theft of data belonging to prominent U.S. government officials, The Wall Street Journal reports.

U.K. Information Commissioner John Edwards issued a "stark warning" for companies handling personal data to "do better" to prevent data breaches. Citing ICO research, Edwards explained 55% of U.K. adults have had personal data lost or stolen, 30% of whom reported emotional distress after the fact.

The European Data Protection Board published supplemental guidance on how and when to apply legitimate interest as a legal basis for processing under the EU General Data Protection Regulation's legitimate interest principle. The guide offers three core questions a data processor must answer affirmatively for the legitimate interest principle to qualify.

Bloomberg Law reports genetic privacy lawsuits in Illinois have increased since 2023, with 30 proposed class-action cases filed under the state's Genetic Information Privacy Act during that time.