California State Assembly speaker removes CPPA board member
California Privacy Protection Agency Board member Vinhcent Le was removed from the board by California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Calif., Bloomberg reports.
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Meta's safety council raises concerns over decision to end fact checking
In a letter to the company, Meta's Safety Advisory Council raised concerns about the social platforms' decision to eliminate its fact-checking feature, MediaPost reports. The council said ending the feature would place an "unreasonable burden onto users, especially groups most vulnerable to long-term, cumulative harm."Full story
Indonesia expected to draft children's online safety regulations
Indonesia's Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid announced the formation of a team tasked with drafting regulations to better protect children online. A key provision is expected to be setting age restrictions for accessing social media.
Kochava to settle class-action lawsuit over location data
Data broker Kochava agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company sold sensitive consumer information, including location data, MediaPost reports. Under the settlement terms, Kochava will revise its privacy standards to allow consumers to opt out of data collection, and would not allow the data broker to share sensitive or unnecessary location information.Full story
Online consent: How can it be made valid in practice?
Valid consent online "neither distorts nor constrains individuals' will to accept or reject optional data processing options choices on top of strictly necessary ones," ID Side Data Protection and Innovation Advisor Marie-Charlotte Bouquet writes in an op-ed.
Slovenia's DPA launches children's privacy initiative
Slovenia's Information Commissioner launched its Become a PrivacyPRO(tector) initiative aimed at teaching children about the importance of data protection. The project seeks to use creative and educational tasks to raise awareness "about the importance of respecting privacy and one's data in the digital world."Full story
UK releases AI Cyber Security Code of Practice
The U.K. government released its AI Cyber Security Code of Practice and implementation guide. The code aims to set baseline cybersecurity standards to protect organizations using AI. The government plans to submit the code and implementation guide to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, which will incorporate the U.K. offerings into a new global standard.Full story
Poland's DPA fines medical center over video monitoring standards
Poland's data protection authority, the Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych, issued two fines totaling PLN1.15 million to medical center Centrum Medyczne Ujastek after its video monitoring technology allegedly did not comply with data processing regulations. The UODO claimed the medical center did not conduct risk assessments or enlist data deletion standards for its video monitoring technology that could collect sensitive patient information.Full story
DPAs confirm DeepSeek data protection probes
Several EU data protection authorities have plans to investigate the Chinese generative AI platform Deepseek for possible violations of the EU General Data Projection Regulation, Euractiv reports. Of the 16 DPAs that responded to an inquiry about potential probes, seven said they either had an ongoing inquiry or planned to investigate the company.
Trump fires CFPB director
Axios reports U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra was fired by the Trump administration. Chopra said, while the administration may work to eliminate the CFPB, the agency's work has "never been more critical." On Monday, the Trump administration designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB.