PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH ₩54B (~$39M) PIPC fine imposed 16,647 Subscribers exposed
South Korea
South Korea personal information protection PIPC platform
PIPC fined KT $39M for a femtocell breach exposing 16,647 users, scaling the penalty to actual harm — and referred KT for prosecution over deleted logs.
2026-08-14
RESEARCH £46.5B UK App Store 2025 billings <3.5% Commission share of billings
UK
2026-08-14
Apple says the CMA's proposed steering rule is disguised price control; the CMA says it's just stopping Apple pricing co...
RESEARCH 271,472 Content removals, Jan–May 2026 91% Share tied to scams/gambling
Malaysia
2026-08-14
MCMC is giving platforms time to automate scam and gambling takedowns after manual review buckled under 271,000+ request...
RESEARCH $32.8B Damages sought 2,680 Class members
US
2026-08-14
A federal judge cleared Apple under Section 230 and said the CSAM-detection gap is Congress's to close, not a court's.
RESEARCH Jul 31, 2026 EU transposition deadline Jul 13, 2026 Dutch bill sent to parliament
Netherlands
2026-08-14
Dutch implementation of the EU Right to Repair Directive is late, but its refusal to add vouchers or tax breaks avoids a...
RESEARCH Jul 27, 2026 Resignation effective date 20+ Years at Universidad Austral
Argentina
2026-08-14
Adriana Baravalle brings real AI and cybersecurity credentials to the role, but a cabinet reshuffle stripped the secreta...
RESEARCH 537 Sites blocked, July 2026 251 Sites blocked, April 2026
Argentina
2026-08-14
A San Isidro court's block of 537 illegal betting sites before the World Cup final exposes Argentina's missing national ...
RESEARCH 5% Top fine tier 3% Lower fine tier
Turkey
2026-08-14
RTÜK fined Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max up to 5% of Turkish revenue on Aug 13, 2026, continuing a pattern d...
RESEARCH 72 Apps named in notice 33 days Detection window length
China
2026-08-14
Beijing named HSBC, Ping An Securities and 70 other apps for PIPL violations on July 9, 2026 — a lighter-touch tool than...
RESEARCH 2,136 Schools affected ~1 million Students impacted
Brazil
2026-08-14
ANPD suspended Paraná's biometric attendance system for lacking legal basis, not for using facial recognition on childre...
RESEARCH Jan. 2026 AI Basic Act took effect 5 years PDPA max prison term
Taiwan
2026-08-14
Interior Ministry is prosecuting an AI-voice video of Lai Ching-te under forgery and privacy law — a stopgap for the dee...
RESEARCH Sept 9, 2026 Ruling now due 194%+ VPN traffic surge
Egypt
2026-08-14
A court challenge citing Article 57 and proposing age verification over blanket blocking exposes the weak legal footing ...
RESEARCH 9,111 Road deaths in 2025 ~Tk 600B Annual cost of crashes
Bangladesh
2026-08-14
BRTA's Aug. 1 GPS mandate for buses and trucks addresses a genuine road-safety data gap but arrives with no public limit...