{"id":22889,"date":"2026-01-05T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/?p=22889"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T10:23:18","slug":"international-privacy-news-december-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/international-privacy-news-december-2025\/22889\/","title":{"rendered":"International Privacy News &#8211; December 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December closed the year with renewed focus on children\u2019s privacy, age assurance, and the growing tension between digital safety goals and surveillance risks. Regulators in Europe and the UK intensified scrutiny of platforms and games that process children\u2019s data, while policy debates in the U.S. and India spotlighted the privacy implications of \u201calways-on\u201d verification and location tracking. Meanwhile, new research continued to underline how quickly AI is reshaping the modern economy. Below, we summarize the key international privacy stories from December 2025 that we posted on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/?viewAsMember=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_en_us\">en_us <\/span>Pinterest Backs U.S. App Store Accountability Act (December 11, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nPinterest joined Meta in supporting the U.S. App Store Accountability Act, which would shift responsibility for privacy-preserving age checks and parental approval for children\u2019s app downloads to app stores.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202512\/pinterest-lines-up-behind-meta-to-endorse-app-store-accountability-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_hi_in\">hi_in <\/span>India Weighs Always-On Satellite Phone Tracking (December 9, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nIndia is considering mandatory \u201calways-on\u201d satellite-based location tracking for smartphones, despite pushback from Apple, Google, and Samsung over the privacy risks of expanded location surveillance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/boards-policy-regulation\/india-weighs-greater-phone-location-surveillance-apple-google-samsung-protest-2025-12-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_en_us\">en_us <\/span>MIT Study: AI Could Replace 11.7% of U.S. Wages (December 3, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nA new MIT study finds that today\u2019s AI systems could technically automate work representing about 11.7% of U.S. wages &#8211; highlighting significant economic exposure even before widespread adoption.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/11\/26\/mit-study-finds-ai-can-already-replace-11point7percent-of-us-workforce.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_ga_ie\">ga_ie <\/span>Ireland Opens DSA Probes into TikTok and LinkedIn (December 2, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nIreland launched Digital Services Act investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn over alleged shortcomings in their tools for reporting illegal content, raising questions about usability, accountability, and platform governance.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/litigation\/irish-media-regulator-opens-investigations-into-tiktok-linkedin-2025-12-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_en_gb\">en_gb <\/span>UK ICO Probes Mobile Games and Children\u2019s Data (December 1, 2025)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office is investigating mobile games over how they process children\u2019s personal data, warning developers to comply with the Children\u2019s Code and avoid exploitative data practices.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/about-the-ico\/media-centre\/news-and-blogs\/2025\/12\/children-s-online-privacy-in-mobile-games-under-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow us on LinkedIn to stay informed about the latest developments in data protection:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December closed the year with renewed focus on children\u2019s privacy, age assurance, and the growing tension between digital safety goals and surveillance risks. 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