PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 2 hours Operator compliance window 48 hours Judicial ruling deadline
Turkey
WhatsApp digital arrests
Law No. 7590 moves domain names, platform oversight and wiretap infrastructure from BTK to a presidential cyber body reviewed by a judge only after enforcement.
2026-08-30
RESEARCH 20-30% Surcharge on violations 3 Specified Software Operators designated
Japan
2026-08-30
Tokyo's antitrust regulator says misuse of interoperability data would violate its smartphone law and is already preppin...
RESEARCH 2023 CCDCOE member since 4,300+ 2024 cyber incidents recorded
Estonia
2026-08-30
A CCDCOE visit to Kyiv signals NATO wants to formalize, not just admire, Ukraine's wartime cyber-defence playbook.
RESEARCH 2 Confirmed Pegasus infections 6 PEGA fact-finding countries
Israel
2026-08-30
Pegasus hit an MEP investigating Pegasus abuse — proof Israel's export-control paperwork isn't matched by enforcement.
RESEARCH 30→7 days Default retention cut 50+ Agencies dropping Flock
US
2026-08-29
Flock cut license-plate data retention from 30 to 7 days after nationwide backlash, but the deeper fix is a legal floor,...
RESEARCH 111 Restricted export technologies 601 Entities on Taiwan's blacklist
Taiwan
2026-08-29
China is weighing a rule barring TSMC and Qualcomm from fabricating Huawei, Alibaba and ByteDance designs — mirroring th...
RESEARCH 7 years Max prison for AI porn creation 31 → 550 Deepfake cases, 2020 vs 2024
South Korea
2026-08-29
A Goyang court's acquittal over AI porn with no identifiable victim pushed Seoul toward a bill that punishes pure fictio...
RESEARCH CHF 5,000 Procedural costs ordered ~5 years Years since first FDPIC warning
Switzerland
2026-08-29
The Federal Administrative Court found Schuldner-finden.com's crowdsourced debtor exposés unlawful, reinforcing why Swit...
RESEARCH 5 Ministries co-issuing rules Under 14 Age triggering parental consent
China
2026-08-29
Beijing's July 2026 chatbot rules add real minor-protection safeguards but bundle them with vague ideological bans and m...
RESEARCH 8.6 CVSS severity score 12 Software trains affected
Singapore
2026-08-29
CSA's fast, narrow response to an actively-exploited Cisco firewall flaw is a model for proportionate cyber regulation, ...
RESEARCH €750,000 AGCOM fine on Google 16 Jul 2026 CJEU judgment date
Italy
2026-08-29
The Court of Justice found reviewing a YouTube channel before a revenue-share deal is 'specific knowledge' that can stri...
RESEARCH ~30,000 Entities in scope ~18,500 Registered by end of May
Germany
2026-08-29
BSI gave firms until July 31 to register under NIS2 after Germany itself took 13 months longer than the EU deadline to p...
RESEARCH 27% Stock drop on disclosure 21% to 5% Operating margin collapse
Israel
2026-08-29
A Chicago class action against Wix.com claims AI hype crossed into fraud — but the facts alleged look more like normal c...
RESEARCH ~45% Chinese OEM market share 2025 Aug 31, 2026 Compliance proof deadline
India
2026-08-29
MNRE gave ALMM wind OEMs 11 days to prove India-only data centres and control rooms — sound security logic, compressed i...
RESEARCH 79th Canada's signatory rank 3 of 40 Ratifications deposited
Global
2026-08-29
Canada became the 79th signatory to the UN Cybercrime Convention while only 3 of 40 needed ratifications are in — a gap ...
RESEARCH €200M Temu's DSA fine €120M X's earlier DSA fine
EU
2026-08-29
Temu's August 28 Article 75 deadline shows the DSA's toughest test isn't fines — it's defining what an adequate risk ass...
RESEARCH €3,000 Low-value goods threshold Jun 15–Aug 14 Public comment window
Global
2026-08-29
A mid-course OECD consultation to raise seller thresholds and narrow platform definitions corrects three years of report...
RESEARCH 49%/60% Foreign ownership cap waived Aug 5, 2026 Law promulgated
Taiwan
2026-08-29
A new law lets Taipei waive foreign ownership caps for satellite operators like Starlink case by case, prioritizing cabl...
RESEARCH 4 months Campaign duration 4.4 yrs Years since Article 18 took effect
China
2026-08-29
Beijing's latest anti-addiction campaign targets conduct its 2022 algorithm law already banned, revealing enforcement-by...
RESEARCH 20% Growth cap for extension 60 working day Extension filing window
China
2026-08-29
CAC's July 2026 guidance tightens consent, renewal, and HR-data rules — not a new law, but sharper enforcement of the ex...
RESEARCH 10 days Standard production deadline 8 hours Emergency deadline
Switzerland
2026-08-29
Since Aug 18, EU states can order Swiss-based providers like Proton to hand over data directly — bypassing MLA and Swiss...
RESEARCH ~36% Insured Covered by Pilot 71% Don't Actively Manage ePA
Germany
2026-08-29
gematik's ePA medication-plan pilot launched July 15, 2026, even as most insured Germans still don't actively manage the...
RESEARCH R624 Monthly Means-Test Ceiling 16M → 5.6M SRD Beneficiaries, 2020 vs 2022
South Africa
2026-08-29
As South Africa's top appeals court reviews SASSA's automated grant screening, the fix is transparent appeals and data a...
RESEARCH Aug 2, 2026 EU Article 50 effective date €15M / 3% Max EU non-compliance fine
India
2026-08-29
EU AI Act Article 50 took effect August 2, 2026; India's own IT Rules and ASCI drafts point the same way, but on a shaki...
RESEARCH SAR 1M Maximum copyright fine 180 days SAIP regulation deadline
Saudi Arabia
2026-08-29
Article 26 lets AI developers train on copyrighted works without permission, but the conditions await Saudi regulators' ...