News From Wales reports: What’s New with GDPR in 2025? Modifications and shifts from 2025 will be enforced and interpreted under GDPR. One of the major changes involves SME facilitation for compliance under the new proposals by the European Commission, floating streamlining of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), which would also allow using shared or…
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Meta Fined 200 Million Euros for its ‘Pay or Consent’ Model
Akshaya Asokan reports: European regulators said Facebook conducted an end run around privacy regulations by requiring users to pay a monthly subscription fee or else accept that their personal data would be fed to advertisers. The European Commission fined the social media giant 200 million euros. The commission on Wednesday said Facebook courted the fine by not…
South Africa Introduces Mandatory e-Portal Reporting for Data Breaches
Dan Cooper, Benjamin Haley, Deon Govender, Ahmed Mokdad, and Mosa Mkhize of Covington and Burling write: On April 7, 2025, South Africa’s Information Regulator announced a new requirement for organizations to report data breaches—referred to under local law as “security compromises”—via an online eServices Portal. The announcement marks a significant procedural shift in how companies must comply with…
UK’s attempt to keep details of Apple ‘backdoor’ case secret… denied
Connor Jones reports: Details of Apple’s appeal against the UK’s so-called “backdoor order” will now play out in public after the Home Office failed in its bid to keep them secret on national security grounds. The confirmation comes after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal held a closed-door hearing on March 14, which was presumed to be…