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The India Department of Consumer Affairs issued proposed guidelines to prevent deceptive marketing tactics or "dark patterns." The guidelines note marketing strategies such as forced actions, false urgency and disguised advertisements should be regulated to prevent consumers from being negatively targeted by companies.Full story

In an interview with the Australian Financial Review, incoming Australian Privacy-Commissioner Carly Kind said employee monitoring technology like keystroke activity and eye-movement measurements indicate national privacy laws are lagging behind. "There's a real mismatch between how quickly those (biometric) technologies are moving and how well they are appropriately regulated in many different jurisdictions," Kind said.

The Netherlands data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, released a report urging companies to be transparent about data protection practices. The AP said companies need to explain EU General Data Protection Regulation compliance and data management standards to build trust as online businesses expand.Full story

TechCrunch reports Israeli startup Mine collected USD30 million series B funding for its consumer-focused data privacy services. Mine's technology employs artificial intelligence to search an individual's personal data across companies and facilitate data deletion from a given company per consumer orders.