Privacy, Policy & Trust & Safety

12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (426+ words) Blocked in your browser settings — allow notifications there to turn this on. New here? Create an account Create your personal reading list Are you sure? All bookmarks in this list will be removed. This action cannot be undone. The Greek…...

14+ hour, 39+ min ago   (555+ words) The case centres on whether an advertising intermediary can rely on an app provider’s assurances about user consent. The regulator concluded that Xandr had an independent responsibility to establish and document a lawful basis for its processing. Grindr User Data…...

6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (359+ words) Turkey will begin enforcing a social media ban for children under 15 on Nov 1, potentially requiring all users, including adults with anonymous accounts, to verify their age through the official e-Government (e-Devlet) portal. Under regulations published in the Official Gazette on…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (506+ words) Starting on November 1, 2026, Türkiye will require users to be at least 15 before using social media, and will mandate platforms to verify every new user’s age through the state’s e-government portal, e-Devlet, according to Türkiye Today. Existing accounts must also be…...

8+ hour, 31+ min ago   (916+ words) Three Minutes. Now It Makes Sense. Mr Smith is at his screen, typing a comment on his friend Mikey’s Facebook page. Mikey lives in America and is building a kit car. Mr Smith is in Europe, enjoying the pictures. Nothing…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago   (620+ words) Norway’s data protection regulator has hit Microsoft’s advertising arm Xandr with a 92 million kroner ($9.6 million) fine for sharing Grindr users’ sensitive data with advertisers without a legal basis. The penalty will be the largest the agency has ever imposed on…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (359+ words) Turkey will begin enforcing a social media ban for children under 15 on Nov 1, potentially requiring all users, including adults with anonymous accounts, to verify their age through the official e-Government (e-Devlet) portal. Under regulations published in the Official Gazette on…...

13+ hour, 9+ min ago   (168+ words) The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said Monday that it is looking at requiring a mandatory one year repair or replacement warranty for refurbished phones. The agency said that it is already drafting rules to make it more affordable and protect…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (388+ words) Google has been fined 890 million euros (£759 million) by the EU for breaching its laws including by giving more prominence to its own services such as shopping, hotels and sports scores in search results. The European Commission, which is the EU’s…...

13+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1009+ words) Ad exchange relayed sexual orientation data to potentially thousands of firms from July 2018 to April 2020. Can an ad intermediary rely on an app's consent? The decision closes a complaint that has been open for more than six years. According to…...