With Australia's Social Media Minimum Age Act taking effect Dec. 10, Google's YouTube on Thursday sent its users and creators what it called "a disappointing update."
New Zealand must revamp its data protection law to reflect the modern world, Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said Monday.
The Australian eSafety Commissioner launched an online social media age restrictions hub Friday to inform people of the minimum age law requirements taking effect Dec. 12.
China's State Internet Information Office and Ministry of Public Security want feedback on draft regulations for protecting personal information on large-scale internet platforms, they announced Saturday. Comments are due Dec. 22.
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission slapped fines on three companies for violating safety measures by not guarding against SQL (Structured Query Language) injection attacks that stole large amounts of personal information, the regulator said Friday.
Kids' online privacy matters, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) concluded after completing a consultation with children, parents and carers.
Rules implementing India's 2023 Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) went live Friday (available here, English version begins on page 24).
New Zealand's Privacy Act needs to be updated amid swelling numbers of privacy complaints and data breach notifications submitted to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the DPA said in a statement Thursday.
The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Wednesday fleshed out the requirements of new information privacy principle (IPP) 3A, which requires that agencies notify people when collecting personal information about them from anywhere other than directly from the individuals themselves.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) resolved several major data protection breach cases in the past year, it said Wednesday. It also received 12% more notifiable data breaches (1,126) than in the previous year, its 2024-25 annual report noted.