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  1. Privacy in the Crosshairs: New Protocols, AI Risks, and Census Data Shake-Up Cloudflare joins browsers for PACT, Cate Blanchett launches consent registry, and Trump's census ban sparks data chaos.
  2. Stalking, Spying, and Consent: Privacy This Week From police abusing license plate data to Meta tracking its own employees and a new tool for AI consent – your daily privacy briefing.
  3. Judge Blocks Trump Voter Database, AMD Reverses Encryption Removal A federal judge halts a controversial voter database, AMD restores memory encryption after backlash, and Canada passes a contentious surveillance bill.
  4. Surveillance, Security, and the Growing Privacy Backlash Sweden bans AI driver monitoring, India blocks Telegram, France mandates quantum encryption, and more – a packed privacy landscape.
  5. Quantum Threats, Google’s IP Shift, and More in Privacy Brief France phases out non-quantum encryption, Google tracks by IP in EU, Apple updates passwords, and US warns of China-linked data risks.
  6. Canada's Privacy Bill, AMD's Silent Kill, and G7 Action Canada unveils major privacy reform, AMD quietly disables Ryzen memory encryption, UK regulator faces legal challenge, and G7 DPAs meet in Paris.
  7. NY's stealth crawler ban, Signal's encrypted spaces, HK data rules, and more New York forces AI bots to identify; Signal vets build encrypted collaboration; Hong Kong eyes ride-hailing data storage; plus Pokemon Go data, medical hacks, India EVM debate, Africa sovereignty.
  8. Privacy Watch: Claude Ban, School Moratorium, Wrongful Arrest, Apple CSAM Suits Microsoft bans Claude over data retention; NYC council pushes AI pause; Florida man sues after AI arrest; Apple hit with $1.2B CSAM lawsuit.
  9. ID Leak Exposes 985K; Signal Threatens UK Exit; Canada Targets Teens Nearly a million passports exposed, Signal ready to quit UK over encryption, prosecutor misuses police databases, Canada introduces sweeping child safety laws, and Acxiom's geo-targeting goes live.
  10. UK device scanning, Meta AI shift, and a record GDPR fine Signal warns UK plan is mass surveillance; California launches data deletion tool; Meta expands AI data use; Norway fines Elkjop.
  11. Privacy Alert: NSO Contempt, Mass. Location Ban, Health Data Breach Meta contempt vs NSO; Mass. bans location data sale; health sharing exposes 300k files; Europe eyes smart glasses; Israeli pardon data at risk.