Tracked Sources & Update Log
Every development published on this site is collected from the sources listed below — official gazettes, regulators, and courts first, with openly licensed databases and attributed commentary as supporting layers. Collection is automated and AI-assisted; each item stores only a title, a short original summary, and a link back to the source.
66 sources · 49 active31 feeds / APIsRegistry verified 2026-08-19Updates last collected 2026-11-09
Source registry
United States
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Register API No auth; keyword, agency and date filters. | Gazette | T1 · Official primary | API | Active | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) |
| Congress.gov API Free key via api.congress.gov/sign-up. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Setup pending | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) |
| FTC press releases Browser-like User-Agent required. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) |
| US Copyright Office NewsNet | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) |
| USPTO news No RSS or API exists; weekly page scan. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Public domain (17 U.S.C. §105) |
| CourtListener / RECAP Covers SCOTUS; free token, rate limits fit weekly runs. | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | API | Setup pending | Opinions public domain; free-tier API terms |
European Union
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDPB news | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Commission Decision 2011/833/EU (reuse with attribution) |
| European Commission press corner High volume — keyword-filtered. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | 2011/833/EU + CC BY 4.0 |
| CJEU press releases (CURIA) | Courts | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | CURIA notice: reuse with citation |
| EUR-Lex web service Free registration; any saved search becomes an RSS alert. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Setup pending | 2011/833/EU |
| EP Legislative Observatory (OEIL) Per-saved-search feeds tracking EU procedures. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | EP reuse policy |
United Kingdom
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| legislation.gov.uk | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Active | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| UK Parliament Bills REST API at bills-api.parliament.uk; feed carries current stage. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Open Parliament Licence |
| Intellectual Property Office | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | Atom | Active | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| ICO news RSS discontinued after site redesign; browser UA required. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Open Government Licence (most content) |
| Find Case Law (National Archives) Free computational-analysis licence requested from TNA before automation. | Courts | T1 · Official primary | Atom | Setup pending | Open Justice Licence v2.0 |
| BAILII | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | Link-only | Link-only | ToS prohibits automated fetching; linking expressly encouraged |
Canada
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEGISinfo Full bill status incl. royal assent. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Active | Parliament open-data feed |
| Canada Gazette (Parts I & II) Part II feed at /rss/p2-eng.xml. | Gazette | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5) |
| OPC news & PIPEDA findings | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Crown; non-commercial reproduction with attribution |
| GC News Centre (CIPO) | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | Atom | Active | Crown terms |
| CanLII API key by request only — dropped if refused; coverage OK without it. | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | API | Setup pending | ToS prohibits scraping; metadata API by permission |
Australia
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAIC media releases | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | CC BY 4.0 (attribute OAIC) |
| Federal Register of Legislation Weekly "What's new" list; no public API on the redesigned site. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | CC BY 4.0 with required attribution wording |
| Parliament of Australia feeds Senate new-inquiries and House news feeds; no all-bills feed exists. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Commonwealth, attribution |
| High Court of Australia Official judgment-summary e-mail subscription; no RSS. | Courts | T1 · Official primary | Setup pending | Judgments freely reproducible | |
| AustLII | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | Link-only | Link-only | ToS prohibits scraping and AI summarisation of fetched content; linking permitted |
Brazil
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Câmara dos Deputados Dados Abertos May rate-limit datacenter IPs; retries enabled. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Active | Lei 9.610/98 art. 8º, IV (official texts uncopyrighted) |
| Senado Federal Dados Abertos | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | API | Active | Lei 9.610/98 art. 8º, IV |
| Diário Oficial da União (INLABS) Official bulk XML behind a free registered account. | Gazette | T1 · Official primary | API | Setup pending | Lei 9.610/98 art. 8º, IV |
| ANPD notícias JS-rendered; fetched headless. Same pattern for INPI. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | gov.br terms: reuse with attribution |
| STF / STJ notícias Browser UA; STF Push e-mail is the official alert channel. | Courts | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Lei 9.610/98 art. 8º, IV |
China
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Council policy portal (国务院·最新政策) No RSS exists for any Chinese official source; weekly page scan. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Copyright Law art. 5 (official texts uncopyrighted) |
| CAC 网信发布 / 政策法规 | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Copyright Law art. 5; attribute CAC |
| National Data Administration (国家数据局) Section indexes fetched directly (homepage is JS-rendered). | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Copyright Law art. 5 |
| Supreme People's Court | Courts | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Copyright Law art. 5 |
| 裁判文书网 (China Judgements Online) Individual documents linked manually when relevant. | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | Excluded | Excluded | Login/CAPTCHA/anti-crawler — not bot-usable |
India
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIB (Ministry of Electronics & IT) Where DPDP Act/Rules announcements land; browser UA required. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | Copyright Act 1957 s. 52(1)(q) |
| MeitY feeds Browser UA required. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | s. 52(1)(q) |
| PRS Legislative Research bill tracker | Legislative | T2 · Free-law / open database | HTML | Active | CC BY 4.0 — attributed as "PRS Legislative Research" |
| Gazette of India Search-only UI; used as the authoritative link target, detection via PIB/PRS. | Gazette | T1 · Official primary | Link-only | Link-only | s. 52(1)(q) |
| Supreme Court of India Browser UA required; no RSS. | Courts | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | s. 52(1)(q) |
| Indian Kanoon | Courts | T2 · Free-law / open database | Link-only | Link-only | Free site; sanctioned automation is a paid API |
Kenya
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya Law 275k+ decisions, all legislation and the Kenya Gazette archive (new.kenyalaw.org/gazettes). | Legislation & courts | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Explicitly public domain |
| ODPC press releases | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government notices |
| KECOBO news | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government notices |
| Parliament of Kenya bills | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government information |
Mexico
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diario Oficial de la Federación Daily summary feed; custom feeds via filtroRss.php. | Gazette | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | LFDA art. 14 VIII (official texts uncopyrighted) |
| SIL bill tracker | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government information, cite source |
| SABG press (INAI successor) INAI dissolved 2025; data-protection functions moved to SABG / Transparencia para el Pueblo. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | gob.mx terms: reproduction citing source |
| IMPI prensa | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | gob.mx terms |
| SCJN comunicados Browser UA required. | Courts | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | LFDA art. 14 VIII |
Nigeria
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDPC news | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Fair dealing, Copyright Act 2022 s. 20 |
| NITDA news & draft instruments Draft-regulatory-instruments page doubles as an early-warning signal. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government notices |
| National Assembly bills Per-bill stage indicators + open-data portal. | Legislative | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Active | Government information |
| Federal Gazette (gazettes.africa mirror) No reliable official online gazette exists for Nigeria. | Gazette | T2 · Free-law / open database | HTML | Active | Laws.Africa open-access project |
| Nigerian Copyright Commission Intermittent 503s; polled with retries, low priority. | Regulator | T1 · Official primary | HTML | Unstable | Government notices |
International organizations
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIPO press room | IP news | T1 · Official primary | RSS | Active | WIPO terms |
| WIPO Lex new-laws feed | Legislation database | T2 · Free-law / open database | RSS | Active | Non-commercial reuse with attribution; no bulk download |
| OECD.AI Policy Observatory | Policy tracker | T2 · Free-law / open database | RSS | Active | OECD terms (attribution, non-commercial) |
| CoE Convention 108 news WAF blocks bots; checked manually each quarter. | Treaty | T2 · Free-law / open database | Manual | Manual check | CoE terms |
| UNCTAD data protection tracker Baseline status reference, not a news feed. | Policy tracker | T2 · Free-law / open database | Manual | Manual check | UN terms |
Secondary & discovery layer
| Source | Type | Tier | Access | Status | Legal basis for reuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law-firm client alerts (firms' own sites) Firm originals preferred over aggregator copies. | Commentary | T3 · Curated secondary | HTML | Active | Marketing content; summarize in own words + attribute firm + link; robots.txt honored |
| IAPP Human-curated citation and linking only — never pipeline-fetched. | Commentary | T3 · Curated secondary | Link-only | Link-only | ToS bans use of content in AI/ML systems |
| Lexology / Mondaq / JD Supra Never fetched; items are traced to the originating firm's site instead. | Aggregators | T3 · Curated secondary | Link-only | Link-only | ToS anti-scraping clauses; robots.txt blocks AI bots |
| SearchAPI (Google engine) The bot's long-tail discovery layer. | Discovery | T4 · Discovery | API | Active | Snippets for discovery only; summaries generated from the underlying public page |
Update log
The most recent developments collected from the sources above, newest first. Each links to its jurisdiction page.
2026-11-08AustraliaNew Statutory Tort for Serious Privacy Invasions Takes EffectThe National Law ReviewAI-generated
2026-11-06CanadaInsights from Research on Personal Data Collection by Smart Devices and AIOPC news & PIPEDA findingsAI-generated
2026-11-06BrazilBrazil and UK Advance Dialogue on International Data Transfer ArrangementsANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-11-06BrazilANPD Concludes First AI Regulatory Sandbox and Announces Second Edition for Digital GamesANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-11-05United StatesFTC Unredacts Complaint Details in Amazon Digital Advertising Auction CaseFTC press releasesAI-generated
2026-11-05United KingdomRegulations specify requirements for digital registration of births and deathslegislation.gov.ukAI-generated
2026-11-05United KingdomProposed legislation on public office accountability and information transparencyUK Parliament BillsAI-generated
2026-11-05ChinaState Council Amends Regulations on Archives and Metrology, Impacting Data GovernanceState Council policy portalAI-generated
2026-11-03European UnionAdvocate General opines on AI chatbot reuse of press publications and publisher rightsCJEU press releases (CURIA)AI-generated
2026-11-03BrazilANPD Publishes Final Three Partial Monitoring Reports for AI Regulatory SandboxANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-11-02CanadaPrivacy Commissioner Recommends Amendments to Lawful Access Act (Bill C-22)OPC news & PIPEDA findingsAI-generated
2026-11-01China15th Five-Year Plan for IP Protection and Utilization Emphasizes Innovation and Data-Driven InfrastructureState Council policy portalAI-generated
2026-10-31CanadaCopyright Board Publishes New Tariffs for Streaming and Classical MusicCanada Gazette (Parts I & II)AI-generated
2026-10-31CanadaInternational Trade Tribunal Initiates Inquiry into File Archive Storage ServicesCanada Gazette (Parts I & II)AI-generated
2026-10-30ChinaCAC Publishes 19th Batch of Deep Synthesis Service Algorithm FilingsCAC 网信发布 / 政策法规AI-generated
2026-10-29CanadaPrivacy Regulators Urge Responsible AI Use in Health and ResearchOPC news & PIPEDA findingsAI-generated
2026-10-29BrazilPublic Hearing Discusses Classification and Cumulation of Infractions in Dosimetry RegulationANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-10-28United StatesFTC Launches Inquiry into Personalized Pricing and Compensation Practices Utilizing Consumer DataFTC press releasesAI-generated
2026-10-28BrazilANPD Discusses Data Governance and Regulatory Framework at International ConferenceANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-10-28BrazilANPD Publishes Official Translations of LGPD and Internet Civil Framework Decrees for International AccessANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-10-28ChinaMinistry of Agriculture Details 15th Five-Year Plan for Agricultural Quality Data ManagementState Council policy portalAI-generated
2026-10-27CanadaPrivacy Commissioner Investigates Data Breach Involving Crime Stoppers Platform ProviderOPC news & PIPEDA findingsAI-generated
2026-10-23United KingdomProposed legislation to regulate voter registration and electronic campaigning informationUK Parliament BillsAI-generated
2026-10-23United KingdomProposed legislation on obtaining and recording building information for safetyUK Parliament BillsAI-generated
2026-10-23United KingdomIntellectual Property Office publishes information on requests for opinionsIntellectual Property OfficeAI-generated
2026-10-23CanadaPrivacy Commissioner Submits Recommendations on AI TransparencyOPC news & PIPEDA findingsAI-generated
2026-10-23ChinaState Council General Office Issues Opinion on AI Development and EmploymentState Council policy portal (国务院·最新政策)AI-generated
2026-10-23MexicoNew General Law for Strengthening and Harmonization of Cadastral and Registry Systems EnactedDiario Oficial de la FederaciónAI-generated
2026-10-23ChinaCentral Cyberspace Affairs Commission Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for National InformatizationCAC 网信发布 / 政策法规AI-generated
2026-10-22NigeriaNDPC Mandates Algorithmic Transparency and Privacy-by-Design for Frontier AINDPC NigeriaAI-generated
2026-10-21ChinaCentral and State Council General Offices Issue Opinion on Deep Integration of Tech and Industrial InnovationState Council policy portal (国务院·最新政策)AI-generated
2026-10-21ChinaMinistry of Science and Technology Clarifies Opinion on Deep Integration of Tech and Industrial InnovationState Council policy portal (国务院·最新政策)AI-generated
2026-10-20ChinaNDRC Clarifies Economic Policies, Emphasizing Data and Computing Power as New FactorsState Council policy portal (国务院·最新政策)AI-generated
2026-10-19NigeriaFederal High Court Affirms NDPC's Powers to Register Data Controllers and Processorstechfrontline.africaAI-generated
2026-10-19United StatesFTC action ensures fair competition in digital advertising data services marketFTC press releasesAI-generated
2026-10-16BrazilANPD Publishes Third Monitoring Report for AI Regulatory SandboxANPD notíciasAI-generated
2026-10-16European UnionSignificant fine for unlawful processing of sensitive personal data in ad-tech sectorEDPB newsAI-generated
2026-10-16NigeriaNDPC Establishes Privacy Benchmarks for Public Sector Websites, Emphasizing Data Protection by DesignNDPC NigeriaAI-generated
2026-10-15United StatesFTC Alleges Ticket Broker Bypassed Security Measures to Gain Unfair Market AdvantageFTC press releasesAI-generated