International Report - Issue 195
05 June 2025
International Report June 2025
Overview
Contents
LEAD STORIES
- Appeal Court supports Belgian DPA against Real-Time Bidding
Hielke Hijmans of Belgium’s Data Protection Authority says that the GDPR is working well and there is too much focus on changing it. Laura Linkomies reports from Brussels. - Malta’s DPA backs EU GDPR record-keeping simplification
With the country’s workforce dominated by SMEs, Ian Deguara, head of Malta’s DPA, supports this change. Stewart and Merrill Dresner report from Malta.
ANALYSIS
- EDPB advises on pseudonymisation for GDPR compliance
- Global data privacy 2025: International agreements stall
- France: Company fined for monitoring remote workers
- Africa’s regional privacy culture starts to take shape
LEGISLATION
- 172 Countries with data privacy laws – year by year 1973-2025
- El Salvador adopts Data Protection Law
MANAGEMENT
- Emerging trends in children’s data privacy across APAC
- Framing consent and parental controls around the best interests of children
- DPAs comment on EU intention to simplify GDPR record-keeping provision
- Italy’s Garante fines Luka Inc /Replika €5 million for chatbot’s GDPR failings
- Australia’s DPA consults on children’s data protection issues
- Mexico adopts a new DP law
- US proposes a ten-year moratorium on state-level AI regulation
- Spain received 19,000 complaints last year
- EU acts on TikTok’s Digital Services Act compliance
- EU issues draft Guidelines on Digital Services Act
- Italy consults on pay or consent
- Netherlands’ DPA warns organisations about issues with cookie compliance