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HELB responds to student’s complaint over delayed loan allocation

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has responded to concerns raised by a student over delays in the allocation and disbursement of higher education funding. In a post shared on social media on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, a student appealed to HELB, saying they had not yet been allocated funding or assigned a batch number […]

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Brazil fines TikTok record US$30 million for profiting from children’s data

Brazil’s data protection authority fined ByteDance US$30 million on Tuesday over its handling of children’s data on TikTok, the largest penalty it has imposed since it was created in 2020. The National Data Protection Authority, known as the ANPD, found five breaches of Brazil’s data protection law and gave ByteDance 10 working days to…

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