International Report October 2025

International Report - Issue 197

08 October 2025

International Report October 2025

Overview

Contents

COMMENTS

• The fence at the top of the cliff
• Global DPAs take a close look at AI

LEAD STORIES

• Defending MAGA speech: Trump’s war on global data Privacy
  By Graham Greenleaf, Honorary Professor, Macquarie Law School
• Australia seeks real-world privacy protections for children
  Following the UK and Ireland, Australia is developing a Children’s Online Privacy Code. Information Commissioner Carly Kind talks to PL&B’s Laura Linkomies at the GPA in South Korea.

NEWS

• Are you ready for agentic AI?

ANALYSIS

• EU AI Act and GDPR: CJEU case law on automated processing and ADM
• France’s CNIL highlights the importance of privacy in mobile apps
• Deepseek under scrutiny

MANAGEMENT

• France: CNIL’s latest AI guidance
• GDPR enforcement trends for companies in all sectors

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Germany issues guidance on use of social networks
• EU puts Brazil on ‘adequacy’ path
• EU AI Act copyright template
• CNIL fines Google €325 million and Shein €150 million
• Disney to settle with FTC for $10m
• Thailand steps up enforcement
• Interplay between the DSA and the GDPR: EDPB adopts guidelines
• EU consults on simplification
• Italy enacts AI law
• Denmark involves EU court to define ‘undertaking’
• DPAs issue statement on data governance for AI