While the world is distracted, China steps up its strategic game Reuters
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Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
Children may experience AI companions as friends, advisers, or confidants. The companies behind them receive something else: a growing record of the child's life.
Washington state data privacy report NonStop Local KHQ
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Spain boosts security in Ceuta as calls appear online for another mass border rush Reuters
Putin says Russia, North Korea coordinating on regional security, KCNA reports Reuters
Expanded face recognition entry, rented seatbacks come to Ohio Stadium The Columbus Dispatch
A National Law Review piece addresses data privacy compliance obligations specific to car rental platforms, outlining what these businesses need to understand about handling customer data under current legal frameworks.
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France's Constitutional Council struck down a law that would have prohibited children under 15 from using social media platforms, ruling the provision unconstitutional. The decision removes what would have been one of Europe's strictest age-based restrictions on social media access for minors.