FTC sets 19 May compliance deadline for Take It Down Act removals
→Covered platforms must run 48-hour NCII takedown workflows by 19 May
Data Privacy
34 briefs
European Commission recommends EU age-verification rollout by end-2026
→Member States should file age-verification rollout plans by 30 June and deploy trusted solutions by year-end
California restricts General Motors driving-data sales to data brokers
→General Motors data teams face a five-year broker-sale ban for consumer-driving data once the settlement is approved
US Congress extends Section 702 surveillance authority for 45 days
→Electronic service providers must keep Section 702 intake and review live for 45 days
Ireland's Supreme Court keeps TikTok data-transfer stay in force
→Privacy teams can keep current EU-to-China transfer workflows during the stay
Turkey restricts social media access for users under 15
→Platform operators must enforce age-based access controls for under-15 users
EU lets ePrivacy carve-out for automated CSAM scanning expire
→Platforms lose legal basis for routine message scanning
Odisha mandates e-KYC for LPG cylinder access
→Consumers must complete digital verification before refills
Gujarat High Court bans AI use in judicial decision-making
→Courts cannot use AI for rulings or judgment drafting
US court blocks federal demand for university race data
→Data collection requirement suspended
FTC bars OkCupid and Match from privacy misrepresentations
→Privacy teams must align data-sharing claims with actual operating controls
Indonesia bans social media access for users under 16
→Platforms must block underage accounts