PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 61 Distraction deaths per year (CH) ~1,220 Serious injuries per year (CH)
Switzerland
autonomous vehicle data policy
FEDRO says in-car cameras won't store or biometrically match driver footage, but Switzerland adopted the EU rule without a seat at the table that wrote it.
2026-07-08
RESEARCH NT$59 Unauthorized Coupang fee 3 Major platforms named
Taiwan
2026-07-08
MODA's draft bars silent auto-renewal charges on platforms like Coupang and Shopee by amending standard-contract rules u...
RESEARCH €5M IQVIA fine amount €10,000/day Daily penalty for delay
France
2026-07-08
CNIL fined IQVIA €5M for treating pseudonymous health data as anonymous, sharpening the line pharma real-world-evidence ...
RESEARCH 98 days House passage timeline 1 year Metadata retention window
Canada
2026-07-08
Bill C-22 passed the Commons on June 18, 2026 still letting Ottawa order providers to build interception tools Apple and...
RESEARCH ~90% Parents backing the ban ~67% Young people backing restrictions
UK
2026-07-08
London's Spring 2027 ban on social media, livestreaming and AI companion chatbots for minors leans on age-assurance tech...
RESEARCH 47-52 Senate vote to advance ~Mar 2027 Existing certifications expire
US
2026-07-08
FISA Section 702 expired after a 47-52 Senate vote, but existing court certifications keep the surveillance running unch...
RESEARCH ~€59M Amazon disgorgement ordered 5 Firms designated under §19a
Germany
2026-07-08
Bundeskartellamt's 2025/26 report touts a first-ever profit clawback from Amazon and an open Apple probe, testing German...
RESEARCH 48 PDPL enforcement decisions SAR 5M Maximum fine per violation
Saudi Arabia
2026-07-08
SDAIA's June 2026 package of 10 AI and data guidelines leans on non-binding principles — but 48 real PDPL enforcement ac...
RESEARCH 100/100 ITU cybersecurity index score 5 Min. certified experts, Tier 1
Egypt
2026-07-08
The NTRA's new Smart Village lab and its 2025 certification rules pull in opposite directions for Egypt's cybersecurity ...
RESEARCH 12.2M Email addresses exposed 7.61M Passwords exposed
Japan
2026-07-08
A zero-day in third-party software exposed 12.2M KDDI-linked email accounts; Japan's 2022 breach law and MIC moved fast,...
RESEARCH 204 Nationally significant incidents +130% Year-on-year incident rise
UK
2026-07-08
The NCSC's autonomous AI defence plan is a proportionate response to a real threat — but one function outruns the agency...
RESEARCH ₪5,000 New mandatory threshold 2 years Years ahead of schedule
Israel
2026-07-08
Compressing a 2028 deadline into June 2026, Israel swept nearly all routine B2B invoicing into real-time state pre-clear...
RESEARCH 10 Ransomware gangs disrupted 25+ Incidents tied to one gang
Canada
2026-07-08
CSE's 2025-2026 report reveals authorized hacks on 10 ransomware gangs and one full takedown, testing the 2019 CSE Act's...