The Digital Trust & Safety Partnership on Thursday announced formal publication of its Safe Framework Specification as an international standard. Joint Technical Committee 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) developed the standard (ISO/IEC 25389).
A New Hampshire state court on Tuesday allowed a consumer protection case against social media platform TikTok to continue, ruling the state has jurisdiction to bring the suit, and that the First Amendment does not bar it from bringing the claims. One claim involving the Consumer Protection Act was dropped, however.
TikTok transferred European Economic Area (EEA) users' personal data to servers in China, the Irish Data Protection Commission said Thursday as it launched a probe into the social media platform's activities.
Massachusetts should follow New York state in passing an age-verification bill to ban social media platforms from using algorithms to deliver content to users younger than 18, said Massachusetts Rep. William MacGregor (D) at a livestreamed Thursday hearing of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, the Internet and Cybersecurity.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on Tuesday welcomed a ruling that it had the power to fine TikTok 12.7 million pounds ($17.2 million) for U.K. General Data Protection Regulation breaches.
Responding to a suit against New York over a state law requiring that retailers disclose when they are using algorithmic pricing, privacy lawyer Heidi Saas argued that the First Amendment does not protect surveillance pricing.
Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
TikTok on Thursday appealed a New York Supreme Court judge's May ruling that allowed a suit from the Attorney General's office against the social media platform to continue (see 2505280056). TikTok appealed to the Appellate Division of New York's Supreme Court, arguing the judge erred when it ruled the state's claims were not barred by the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
President Donald Trump will extend ByteDance’s TikTok divestment deadline for a third time, the White House said in a statement Tuesday evening.
Tanvi Mehta Krensel joins Squire Patton as a partner in its Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Assets Practice Group, in Sydney, the law firm announced Monday. She formerly was TikTok's product privacy lead for the Asia Pacific and emerging markets.