Pervasive data collection has fueled a dramatic transformation in the legal data privacy landscape, marked by two distinct, yet ...

Observed annually on January 28, Data Privacy Day raises awareness about privacy and data protection. As 2026 begins, the U.S ...

A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer privacy laws are taking effect in eight states this year. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This year, comprehensive privacy ...

Between 2020 and 2024, 20 states enacted comprehensive data privacy laws, and many observers assumed 2025 would see continued proliferation.

Rep. Steve Elkins, DFL-Bloomington, speaks about the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act at a press conference on July 28, 2025. (Photo by Izzy Wagener/Minnesota ...

In 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act became law. COPPA was designed with the future of the Internet in mind. Dotcoms were fast on their way to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Within the World Wide Web, lies a whole world of information. “We worried about hackers,” said University of Maryland professor Jennifer Golbeck, “but we didn't worry about ...

Story updated with information on California’s Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform Data privacy regulation is an issue with broad, national bipartisan support. Red states like Texas and Tennessee and ...

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person's brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person's health, mental ...

Illuminated has agreed to pay Connecticut $150,000, New York $1.7 million and California $3.25 million. In addition, Illuminate has agreed to implement practices to comply with student data privacy ...

Big Tech companies can still sidestep COPPA with a few key additions to their terms of service, an adjunct professor and AI founder writes.

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate released legislation that seeks to bolster consumer privacy laws in the state by limiting the type of data large companies can store and collect from ...