The U.K. is providing adequate protection for personal data transferred from the EU, the European Commission said Tuesday, initiating the process to adopt a new adequacy decision.
Chinese tech company WeChat complies with local laws and regulations in the markets in which it operates and "is committed to protecting user privacy and data security," a spokesperson for parent company Tencent emailed us Friday.
General-purpose AI (GPAI) model providers should start complying with the EU AI Act, European Commission officials said during a Friday briefing. The EC's AI office can help, they added, but will "be strict with you" starting in August 2026.
Correction: The data deletion request framework endorsed by the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (see 2507150005) was developed by the Interactive Advertising Bureau Tech Lab, which is independent of the IAB.
Using AI to recognize emotions is "dubious and risky," the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) said Tuesday.
AI and data breaches were among top issues last year for Italian data protection authority Garante, it said Tuesday in an annual report.
Under the U.K. Online Safety Act, Reddit will now collect and verify U.K.-based users' ages before allowing them to view certain adult content, it announced Monday.
From Tuesday, innovative companies and public entities in the EU can transfer personal data to the European Patent Organisation without needing additional safeguards, the European Commission and EPO announced.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) endorsement of a mechanism that processes requests for deleting personal data across the advertising supply chain "is an important moment for accountability and interoperability," Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Tech Lab CEO Anthony Katsur said Tuesday in a press release.
Children and young people should be able to enjoy the online world's opportunities while facing fewer risks from it, the European Commission said Monday as it published a prototype age-verification app and guidelines for protecting minors under the Digital Services Act (DSA).