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The European Commission has presented the EU KIDS Act, legislation aimed at helping children navigate a safer online world. Announced on 17 September 2026, the proposal is drawing attention as the latest EU move to regulate digital platforms, following in the footsteps of the DSA and GDPR, with debate expected over its impact on tech companies and minors' online rights.
- 2The EU's Tech Regulation Paradox Grows Harder to Ignore▼The EU’s Tech Regulation Paradox is Getting Harder to Ignore
Tech Policy Press argues the European Union faces a growing paradox in its tech regulation: rules like the GDPR, Digital Markets Act and AI Act aim to curb Big Tech's power, yet enforcement is slow and critics say the burden falls hardest on smaller firms and startups while giants adapt. The piece contends this tension between ambitious rulemaking and practical outcomes is becoming increasingly difficult to overlook as the EU's digital agenda matures.
- 3IQVIA fined millions after health data 'anonymization' fails GDPR test●A healthcare company fined for thinking a secret code = anonymization. Narrator: it didn't. # DataPrivacy # GDPR # InfoS
Healthcare data company IQVIA has been fined 7.8 million euros after regulators found it failed to properly anonymize health data, wrongly treating coded data as anonymous. Commentators in the privacy and security community are highlighting the case as a warning that pseudonymized data is still personal data under GDPR, and a reminder that companies cannot simply assume coded health records fall outside data protection law.