IRDAI proposal hits insurance stocks; FSSAI vs ecomm giantsThe insurance regulator has proposed new limits on commissions as part of a wider overhaul. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
24 Sep, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Decoding EU’s move to dismantle addictive technology for childrenThe proposed KIDS Act would set different access rules by age, bring AI companions and conversational chatbots under the bloc’s child-safet...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Google fined $463 million for breaching EU rule on location dataGoogle received a 403 million euro fine for privacy rule breaches. The European Union's watchdog found Google mishandled user location data...
22 Sep, 2026, 06.29 AM IST
- Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing
The lead European Union data privacy regulator for most of the biggest internet companies fined Alphabet's Google search engine €403 follow...
21 Sep, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
Europe's AI firms, playing catch-up, challenge US calls for slowdownAnthropic's CEO Dario Amodei in an online essay urged firms to slow the pace at which they improve AI model capabilities and called for an ...
18 Sep, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Europe eyes battle over 'pervert' AI glassesAnyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assista...
12 Sep, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
California governor signs law to limit children's social media risksCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new laws on Thursday that address various aspects of children's safety online, in...
11 Sep, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
EU faces revolt over social media ban for childrenThe European Union is poised for a big reveal of its plans to keep minors safe online -- but proposals to restrict their social media acces...
09 Sep, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
AI regulations should be nimble to boost innovation: Principal Scientific Advisor Ajay SoodIndia's top scientific advisor advocates for agile AI regulations that foster innovation. New amendments to the IT Act 2021 address risks f...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.55 PM IST
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...
24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
Explained: Why OpenAI and Anthropic are suddenly talking about privacyEnterprise data privacy became the battleground for AI companies this week with OpenAI and Anthropic making moves this month that reverse o...
22 Aug, 2026, 01.09 PM IST
Dutch regulator fines Uber $966 million for automating driver suspensionsThe penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. It is behind only a €1.2 billion fine...
22 Aug, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
TikTok fined €530 million by EU regulator over data protectionTikTok said it strongly contested the finding and that it has used the EU's own legal framework, specifically so-called standard contractua...
02 May, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
EU privacy regulator fines Meta 251 million eurosThe inquiry was opened six years ago after Meta notified Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) of the breach that impacted around 29 m...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.52 AM IST
Top EU privacy regulator opens probe into Google's AI complianceIreland's Data Protection Commission has launched an inquiry into Google's handling of EU users' personal data in developing its AI model, ...
12 Sep, 2024, 08.23 AM IST
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 millionIreland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram servic...
04 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
TikTok's lead EU regulator opens two data privacy probesIreland's Data Protection Commission, which is lead EU regulator for many of the world's top internet firms due to the location of their re...
15 Sep, 2021, 06.16 PM IST