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United Airlines Shuts Out Unauthorized AI Agents. Here Is What the Policy Actually Covers
United Airlines Shuts Out Unauthorized AI Agents. Here Is What the Policy Actually Covers United Airlines has told AI shopping agents to…
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Finland and Estonia Want an EU System for Responding to Serious AI Incidents
Finland and Estonia want the European Union to be ready for the day an AI system causes serious harm across borders.
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Spain’s TikTok CSAM Case: Why the AEPD Chose Targeted Blocking Over a Shutdown
Spain’s TikTok CSAM Case: Why the AEPD Chose Targeted Blocking Over a Shutdown Within three days, Spain went from a journalistic investigation…
Five More States Join the FTC’s Hims & Hers Health Data Lawsuit
The federal case against telehealth company Hims & Hers has grown from three plaintiffs to eight.
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Google’s Spirit Airlines Data Deal Shows Where Bankruptcy Privacy Rules Stop Protecting Workers
When Spirit Airlines stopped flying in May, its planes, slots and gates were not the only assets left to sell.
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EU Digital Fairness Act Proposal: What the Official Text Contains and What Changed From the Leaks
The European Commission formally adopted its proposal for a Digital Fairness Act on November 11, 2026, turning weeks of leaked drafts into…
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Four States Settle With Perry Johnson & Associates Over 13.3 Million-Patient Breach: What the $300,000 Payment and Security Terms Mean
A single stolen password, an account with no second factor, and security software that saw everything but told no one.
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White House Nominates FTC Consumer Protection Chief Christopher Mufarrige as Commissioner
The official who has run the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection work for most of the past two years has been nominated…
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CalPrivacy Fines FedEx $2.975 Million and Orders a Quarterly Tracker Testing Program
California’s privacy regulator has issued another multimillion-dollar fine over website tracking.
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Australia Plans an AI Safety Regulator and Mandatory Frontier AI Obligations After the OpenAI Medicare Portal Incident
Australia will create a dedicated regulator for frontier AI safety and write mandatory security obligations for the most advanced AI developers into…
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Gates v. OpenAI: A Poisoning Lawsuit Puts ChatGPT Logs, Deletion and Police Access on Trial
A civil lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court accuses OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, of building a chatbot that…
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Attorney General Blanche Says License Plate Readers Don’t Affect Privacy. Congress Is Less Sure
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche used a Justice Department grant announcement in Jacksonville, Florida, on November 6, 2026, to wave off privacy…