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Alabama joins the privacy club: What in-house counsel need to know JD Supra20:31Alabama Civil Liberties & Rights Virginia

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For whom the discovery tolls: Your privacy notice may help time-bar website wiretapping claims JD Supra20:56

From analytics to “Interception”: How website tracking became a wiretap problem—and what companies should do about it Security Boulevard11:45

India: New data protection law threatens freedom of information Reporters Without Borders17:12Freedom of Information India Indian Politics

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MindsEye studio Build a Rocket Boy sued by unionised staff, who accuse management of breaking the law with "invasive"… Rock, Paper, Shotgun16:33MindsEye Gaming

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Florida man fools elderly woman into paying $600,000 in gold through ‘phantom hacker’ scheme The Times of India19:01 18-Apr-26

Florida man arrested in Arizona for alleged ‘phantom hacker scam’ KTAR.com, Arizona04:41 18-Apr-26

Alabama Enacts Sweeping Consumer Privacy Law: 7 Steps Your Business Should Consider to Prepare JD Supra00:46 18-Apr-26

Scattered Spider Hacker Pleads Guilty in US Federal Court InfoRiskToday00:25 18-Apr-26

Analyst Defends Circle’s No-Freeze Stance on $280M Drift Hack Funds CryptoPotato.com22:19 17-Apr-26

Alabama Passes A Comprehensive Privacy Law But Not Without Controversy JD Supra20:01 17-Apr-26

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The ECPA: A Federal Private Right of Action for Privacy Policy Inaccuracies? (And What You Can Do to Cut Off Class… JD Supra17:26 17-Apr-26

India: Proposed Rules to Expand Online Censorship Human Rights Watch17:21 17-Apr-26

India: New data protection law threatens freedom of information Reporters Without Borders17:12 17-Apr-26

Comparative Perspectives on Employment Class Actions in France and the United States JD Supra16:56 17-Apr-26

Lumen Technologies Announces New Chief Legal Officer Business Wire (Press Release)13:35 17-Apr-26

From Analytics to “Interception”: How Website Tracking Became a Wiretap Problem—and What Companies Should Do About It Security Boulevard11:45 17-Apr-26

Interview: AI Surveillance Is Borderless. Is Indian Law Ready for It? BOOM India11:38 17-Apr-26

Circle sued over $280M exploit as Tether freezes hacker funds in separate crackdown Cryptopolitan11:21 17-Apr-26

Naviance Lawsuit Email Explained , The $17.25 Million Settlement Notice Is Not Spam — Here’s… Law News09:50 17-Apr-26

SAP Owes $17M In Software Patent Case, Jury Finds Law36000:35 17-Apr-26

Florida Man Arrested After Traveling to Arizona to Pick Up $600,000 in Gold from Victim in Phantom Hacker Scheme U.S. Department of Justice (Press Release)23:45 16-Apr-26

DraftKings Hacker Gets 30 Mos. After New Online Misconduct Law36019:09 16-Apr-26

CYBERUK ’26: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros ComputerWeekly17:20 16-Apr-26

FBI arrests suspected scammer at Sky Harbor in ‘phantom hacker’ case azfamily.com, Arizona15:53 16-Apr-26

Alleged Hacker-for-Hire Faces First US Court Appearance for Targeting Climate Advocates As Big Oil’s Push for Legal… Union of Concerned Scientists (Press Release)14:45 16-Apr-26

City school writes to data commission, DCI over seized registers The Star, Kenya13:40 16-Apr-26

Assets worth over $11 million seized, another member of international hacker group detained - Prosecutor General… UNN.ua09:38 16-Apr-26

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Data Breach Exposing French Gun Owners a Warning to America Bearing Arms (Weblog) (Video)19:32 15-Apr-26

Asia’s scam centre problem is moving on, not shutting down The Interpreter18:05 15-Apr-26

Italian Court Accepts Legal Action Over Facebook Mass Breach Silicon UK09:34 15-Apr-26

Central government yet to notify selection panels for data protection board The Economic Times01:50 15-Apr-26

NHRC member defends notice to MeitY, says child safety concerns override pending Dpdp enforcement The Economic Times01:50 15-Apr-26

SC notice to govt on RTI 'dilution' plea challenging Digital Personal Data Protection Act provision The Telegraph, Calcutta01:29 15-Apr-26

Fed. Circ. Affirms On-Sale Bar Ax Of Car Software Patent Law36022:54 14-Apr-26

Hims Didn't Protect Customer Data From Hackers, Suit Says Law36022:33 14-Apr-26

Census Responses Will Not Impact Welfare Benefits The Times of India22:09 14-Apr-26

Government to make Public Services Card a form of identity TheJournal.ie20:52 14-Apr-26

In Vacating $1 Billion Judgment, the Supreme Court Narrows Contributory Copyright Infringement JD Supra18:31 14-Apr-26

Odpp challenges ruling that struck down Cybercrime sections The Star, Kenya14:24 14-Apr-26

Open Finance Oversight and Supervision: Emerging Practices and Early Lessons CGAP13:37 14-Apr-26

Europol seeks a new director to 'shape the agency's future' Statewatch10:06 14-Apr-26

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Lenovo Class Action Tests New ‘Bulk Transfer’ Theory for Web Tracking Data JD Supra18:33 13-Apr-26

Liberalization of financial penalties and strengthening of judicial oversight reviewed UzA Uzbekistan National News Agency18:09 13-Apr-26

America Used to Own the Internet. Now It’s Running Scared. Lawfare15:27 13-Apr-26

The 5 States Where Your Identity Is Practically Public Property The Kansas City Star14:33 13-Apr-26

SC issues notice to Centre on Pil challenging provisions of digital personal data protection law Hindustan Times08:34 13-Apr-26

FDI firms face mounting data security and compliance challenges Viet Nam News09:26 12-Apr-26

Parliamentary Committees Discuss Amendments to Traffic and Social Security Laws Today Jordan News07:09 12-Apr-26

K’taka drafts AI-focused law to tighten social media regulation The Times of India00:35 12-Apr-26

Police 'reviewing' Reform UK energy prize draw after offer to pay Wigan street's bills for a… Manchester Evening News17:06 11-Apr-26

X may lose safe harbour over inaction: Centre, police tell Delhi HC Hindustan Times02:45 11-Apr-26

Kansas lawmakers overturn governor’s vetoes, approving many voting system changes StateScoop21:37 10-Apr-26

U.S.: Alabama Becomes 21st State to Enact Comprehensive Privacy Law JD Supra20:29 10-Apr-26

What Everybody Knows About You: Conclusion Linux Professional Institute19:36 10-Apr-26

The Belgian DPA publishes its Annual Report 2024 Belgian Data Protection Authority (Press Release)19:13 10-Apr-26

UK Knowledge Collection | ESG, data protection, and litigation risk Osborne Clarke14:34 10-Apr-26

Media watchdog calls for review of South Sudan cybercrimes law Radio Tamazuj14:05 10-Apr-26

Chinese Car Exports to the EU Exemplify the Role of Data and IP in Trade Relations ProMarket.org11:39 10-Apr-26

How thousands of sensitive LAPD files got leaked online — and what happens next Los Angeles Times11:10 10-Apr-26

MP HC asks petitioner to move Data Protection Board in Instagram chat encryption case Hindustan Times10:55 10-Apr-26

The Netherlands not in favor of legal ban on ransom payments to hackers CyberNews09:39 10-Apr-26

Musk, Durov attack WhatsApp over encryption claims CyberNews09:38 10-Apr-26

Elon Musk Says 'Can't Trust WhatsApp' While Pavel Durov Calls Its Encryption 'Biggest Consumer Fraud' — Platform Calls… Benzinga06:28 10-Apr-26

'The biggest consumer fraud': Telegram CEO claims WhatsApp is secretly reading your private… Mint05:58 10-Apr-26

Elon Musk says WhatsApp's end to end encryption can't be trusted, Mark Zuckerberg's company… Mint02:45 10-Apr-26

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What's patentable about software? JD Supra19:27 9-Apr-26

New data protection complaint duties for UK pension trustees take effect from 19 June Osborne Clarke17:31 9-Apr-26

Court rejects application to close down sex offender 'exposure' site ERR15:03 9-Apr-26

From AML to data reform: The 2026 compliance agenda for UK law firms Legal Futures13:47 9-Apr-26

30,000 private Facebook images allegedly downloaded by Meta employee Malwarebytes Labs11:40 9-Apr-26

South Sudan’s new cybercrime law ramps up threat of jail for journalists Committee to Protect Journalists10:51 9-Apr-26

Hacker Nabbed 'Some Of LAPD's Most Closely Guarded Records' In Massive Breach: Report Patch22:55 8-Apr-26

Privacy Litigation Report: Takeaways From March 2026 Decisions JD Supra22:22 8-Apr-26

Court Allows Sharing of Medical Information Claim to Proceed Under ECPA JD Supra20:18 8-Apr-26

Christian Republican Blames Hackers for Racy Online Posts The Charlotte Observer18:43 8-Apr-26

Hungarian elections: CPJ calls on all candidates to commit to 10 key steps to restore press freedom Committee to Protect Journalists18:40 8-Apr-26

Multi-Court Split on Website Tracking Federal Wiretapping Claims Creates Compliance Confusion: 6 Strategies to Avoid… JD Supra15:32 8-Apr-26

Could Bill C-22 Make Canadians Less Safe? The Systemic Vulnerability Gap in Canada’s New Surveillance Law Michael Geist Blog13:51 8-Apr-26

UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites Mobile Europe13:50 8-Apr-26

Former Meta engineer probed over 30,000 private Facebook photos The Next Web12:43 8-Apr-26

How Russia’s GRU turned $50 routers into a global intelligence platform spanning 120 countries Silicon Canals11:38 8-Apr-26

US Thwarts DNS Hijacking Network Controlled by Russian APT28 Hackers Infosecurity magazine11:13 8-Apr-26

New checklist: Conducting a data protection impact assessment (Dpia) (UK) Thomson Reuters - Practical Law10:36 8-Apr-26

Russia’s GRU hacked cheap routers across the Global South to harvest government credentials at scale Silicon Canals10:06 8-Apr-26

Court of Session overrules Scottish Information Commissioner in high-profile Foi dispute Campaign for Freedom of Information09:38 8-Apr-26

Law firm promotes head of privacy and data protection to partner The Telegraph & Argus06:02 8-Apr-26

Feds Say Iranian Hackers Are Targeting 'Critical' Infrastructure Law36004:23 8-Apr-26

Trove of sensitive LAPD records leaked in suspected hack Miami Herald03:23 8-Apr-26

Drift Protocol Cryptocurrency Hack Class Action Lawsuit Investigation; Drift Investors Urged to … Business Wire (Press Release)00:31 8-Apr-26

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