Topic

Policy & Privacy

13 stories

The first obligations for high-risk systems take effect, and companies are discovering what documentation at scale means.

Lena Hoffmann September 8, 2026 1 min read

Laws requiring platforms to check ages are spreading, and the technical options all involve trade-offs nobody loves.

Lena Hoffmann September 7, 2026 1 min read

Connected vehicles collect location, driving behaviour and cabin audio, and share more of it than owners realise.

Daniel Okafor September 6, 2026 1 min read

Governments are again pushing for lawful access to encrypted messages. Cryptographers say the maths has not changed.

Priya Natarajan September 6, 2026 1 min read

New rules require that devices keep working, and stay updatable, when the maker loses interest.

Arman Sargsyan September 5, 2026 1 min read

The decision gives AI developers a path and publishers a lever. Both sides claimed victory.

Mariam Petrosyan September 4, 2026 1 min read

A new registry forces the industry to disclose what it holds and where it got it. The first filings are revealing.

Priya Natarajan September 4, 2026 1 min read

Projects are adding terms about training and attribution, and lawyers warn the result may not be open source at all.

Mariam Petrosyan September 3, 2026 1 min read

Licence-plate readers, gunshot detectors and cameras with analytics arrive through grants and vendors. Oversight arrives later, if at all.

Daniel Okafor September 2, 2026 1 min read

Selective disclosure, offline verification and no central log of where you used it. Critics are watching the implementation.

Daniel Okafor September 2, 2026 1 min read

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