The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published its report on the stakeholder event on anonymization and pseudonymization held on December 12, 2025. The remote event gathered input from 115 participants spanning industry, NGOs, academia, law firms, and public sector bodies to inform the EDPB’s ongoing work on its Guidelines 01/2025 on Pseudonymization and forthcoming guidance on anonymization.
The event was ...
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Salazar v. Paramount Global, agreeing to resolve a deepening circuit split over who qualifies as a “consumer” under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA). The VPPA, enacted in 1988 following the publication of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s video rental records, prohibits “video tape service providers” from knowingly disclosing “personally identifiable information” concerning ...
Israel’s Ministry of Justice has published a draft bill that would mandate foreign businesses directing their activities toward Israeli customers to comply with key Israeli consumer and privacy protection laws, regardless of choice-of-law clauses in their contracts.
The proposed “Law on the Applicability of Laws to Foreign Businesses Directing Their Activities to Israeli Customers” responds to the rapid growth of ...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its work program for 2026–2027 during its latest plenary session. This is the second work program supporting the implementation of the EDPB’s four-pillar strategy for 2024–2027, and reflects commitments made in the Helsinki Statement on enhanced clarity, support, and engagement.
The program is structured around four pillars. The first pillar focuses on enhancing ...
Data protection authorities from across the globe have published a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery and the Protection of Privacy, representing the united position of 61 authorities. The statement, coordinated by the Global Privacy Assembly’s International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group, was in response to serious concerns about artificial intelligence systems that generate realistic images and videos depicting identifiable individuals without ...
The Israeli government has published a draft of the National Cyber Protection Law 2026, marking the third time in recent years that the government has attempted to formalize the country’s cybersecurity regulatory framework. The bill, originating from the National Cyber Directorate under the Prime Minister’s Office, draws heavily on lessons learned during recent military operations, including “Swords of Iron.”
The ...
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