Legal

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to extend AML supervision to lawyers, accountants, and TCSPs

2025-10-30 Ian Fleming

Criminal complaint against facial recognition company Clearview AI by the Austrian privacy organization noyb

2025-10-30 Per Henrikson

Senators propose banning teens from using AI chatbots

2025-10-28 Ian Fleming

California Enacts Digital Age Verification Law

2025-10-23 Per Henrikson

On October 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act (Act), into law. Effective January 1, 2027,

Experian fined $3.2 million for mass-collecting personal data

2025-10-21 Ian Fleming

Experian Netherlands fined EUR 2.7 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Texas' new software market law mandates age verification, sparking a constitutional lawsuit from CCIA and student groups

2025-10-20 Per Henrikson

Texas recently passed a new law called the Texas App Store Accountability Act, which immediately triggered a huge legal storm in the technology industry and civil rights fields.

Students And Big Tech Companies Fight Texas Age Checks

2025-10-18 Per Henrikson

A Texas law that would require app stores to verify the age of every user before they download an app or make a purchase within one is being challenged. Texas students who argue the law would require teens to seek parental permission before accessing legal materials and digital resources, thus chilling speech.

Meta, Google push two different Ohio age verification policies

2025-10-15 Ian Fleming

Meta is behind one version, House Bill 226 and Senate Bill 167, while Google is backing the other one, House Bill 302 and Senate Bill 175.

Apple needs to comply with another App Store age verification law

2025-10-14 Ian Fleming

Apple recently explained how it will comply with an App Store age verification law in Texas, and it will now face a similar requirement in California.

California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots

2025-10-13 Per Henrikson

SB 243 is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from harms associated with use of AI companion chatbots.

EU Launches New Push for Digital ID Age Checks

2025-10-12 Per Henrikson

The European Commission is expanding its efforts to impose online ID age checks and restrict access to certain digital content under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

UK government to consult on digital IDs for 13-year-olds

2025-10-12 Per Henrikson

The proposed UK-wide scheme will be introduced by 2029, and available to all UK citizens and legal residents but only mandatory in order to work.