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For years, China’s cross-border data transfer regime was long on rules but short on consequences. Companies—both foreign and domestic—were given a relatively extended period to understand the requirements, formulate suitable strategies, and implement compliance measures. Recent enforcement actions led by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the country’s data regulator, suggest that the education phase…

Continue Reading CHINA: China’s Data Regulator Means Business – The Education Phase Is Over

The Senate Commerce Committee held an oversight hearing of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on April 15, 2026, its first in six years. Chairman Andrew Ferguson testified that the FTC policy focus will be combating hidden fees and misleading pricing practices by avoiding misleading representations about pricing and clearly disclosing total cost up front.  

The…

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On March 3, 2026, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) announced a settlement with PlayOn Sports (formerly 2080 Media, Inc.), imposing a $1.1 million administrative fine and sweeping compliance obligations. Reached in January, the settlement marks a significant escalation in state privacy enforcement and is the first CalPrivacy action to address privacy violations involving students…

Continue Reading U.S.: California’s PlayOn Enforcement: A New Chapter in Children’s Data Privacy

Since the full enforcement of Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (“PDPA”) in June 2022, the Personal Data Protection Committee (“PDPC”) has moved decisively from awareness-building to active enforcement. The transition emerged in 2024 when a leading e-commerce company was fined THB 7 million for breaching the law.

In…

Continue Reading Thailand: PDPA Crackdown 2025: Are You Next? – Major Fines and Lessons from Thailand’s Latest Enforcement

In a decision issued on 18 July 2025 against Google LLC, the Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) has affirmed that the data protection compliance obligations under Ugandan law apply to all entities that handle the personal data of Ugandan citizens, regardless of where they are based.

The office has also clarified that a…

Continue Reading Uganda: Data protection Regulator Clarifies Compliance Requirements for Offshore Entities

The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) has fined a company EUR 420,000 for violating privacy laws in the workplace. The decision focuses on the employer’s use of content from Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger— shared from the employee’s personal accounts—for disciplinary purposes.

This ruling will have serious repercussions for any employer operating in Italy, especially those…

Continue Reading Italy: Garante issues fine for use of employee’s private chats in disciplinary actions

Recently, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which is the primary data regulator in China, published a newsletter about the government authorities’ enforcement of Apps and websites that violated personal data protection and cybersecurity laws during the year 2024.

Based on the official statistics, during 2024, the CAC interviewed 11,159 website platforms, imposed warnings or…

Continue Reading CHINA: Recent Enforcement Trends

On 16 September 2024, the UK’s data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a reprimand against Sky Betting and Gaming (SkyBet) for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent.

Between 10 January and 3 March 2023, SkyBet’s website dropped third-party AdTech cookies to visitors’ browsers before…

Continue Reading UK: Data protection authority issues reprimand to gambling operator for unlawfully processing personal data

Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Yue Lin Lee

The provision setting out significantly higher financial penalties for Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) is now in force.

There is now an increased risk for organisations contravening the PDPA in Singapore.

This means that in relation to any intentional or negligent contravention of:

  1. the data

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