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Federal Trade Commission Proposes Policy on Personalized Pricing

Report from the Washington Post In Brief – The Federal Trade Commission has proposed exposing companies to federal charges if they secretly use personal data to vary prices based on what individual consumers are believed to be willing to pay. FTC Chairman Andrew...

Apple Will Change App Data Use Prompts to Settle German Probe

Report from Euractiv In Brief – Apple has settled an antitrust investigation by Germany’s competition authority by agreeing to redesign privacy prompts that third-party app developers show mobile users when seeking consent to use their data for targeted advertising....

TikTok Settles US Government COPPA Lawsuit with $400 Million Payment

Report from MediaPost In Brief – TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it violated the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting personal information from users under 13. The settlement...

Court Overturns Ban on Perplexity Shopping Agent Accessing Amazon

Report from MediaPost In Brief – A federal district court injunction barring Perplexity's AI shopping agent, Comet, from accessing Amazon has been overturned by an appeals panel of the US Ninth District that found it was unlikely that the AI company would be found to...

EU Commission Criticizes Social Media Giants over Ceuta Misinformation

Report from DW In Brief – EU Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, the lead EU commissioner on tech policy, has urged major social media platforms to more closely monitor misinformation following the Ceuta border crisis. European, Spanish and Moroccan authorities...

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