Legislation & Regulation

German government set to abolish data retention

The German government wishes to amend the German data retention regulation in order to conform to European and German constitutional privacy rights. It wants...

American states begin rolling out peculiar data privacy laws

Starting this week, data-related tech companies will face one of their greatest fears: a collection of state-level laws dictating how they collect, store, and...

FCC slams hefty fine on Sumco Panama for Robocall violations

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed a $300 million fine against Sumco Panama for an auto warranty robocall campaign, and because the robocallers...

No TikTok on Government Devices Act gets American Senate nod

The ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act (Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship and Influence, and Algorithmic Learning by the Chinese Communist Party Act)...

Pelosi supports including a TikTok ban in the funding bill

A spokesperson for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed Friday that she supports including legislation prohibiting TikTok on government devices in a federal funding...

U.S. new restrictions on China and YMTC harmful to YMTC business

The United States has tightened trade restrictions against China and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., (YMTC), China's largest domestic flash memory supplier. The restrictions could...

Microsoft’s phased EU data boundary plan will begin January 1

Microsoft has announced that the first phase of its European Union data boundary plan will go live on January 1, 2023, allowing users to...

Senators Warren and Marshall introduce bill to regulate cryptocurrency

After federal prosecutors charged FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with money laundering and fraud, among other offenses, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is attempting to get a...

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