Lawmakers seek solutions to major platforms’ market dominance
At a U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing Tuesday, lawmakers sought […]
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Illinois legislators want to protect smart devices users’ privacy
The Protecting Household Privacy Act would require makers of smart devices to tell customers how their information is shared. The […]
Amended Washington Privacy Act Passes House
The Washington House of Representatives passed an amended version of the WPA containing a private right of action. Among other […]
New Mexico Sues Google Over Children’s Privacy Violations
New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google on Thursday, saying the tech giant used its educational products to spy on the […]
NSA spent $100M on phone surveillance program that prompted two unique FBI leads
A multimillion-dollar cellphone surveillance program that sifted through the metadata from millions of individual phone numbers yielded just two unique […]
Congress postponed a vote to extend Patriot Act surveillance programs
Congress has postponed a planned vote to reauthorize controversial surveillance programs. The House Judiciary Committee intended to renew parts of […]
Washington Senate passes bill to regulate governments’ use of facial-recognition technology
Washington state senators Wednesday approved a bill that would begin regulating the use of facial-recognition programs by local and state […]
Congress eyes killing controversial surveillance program
Momentum is growing in Congress to reject the Trump administration’s request to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program. Lawmakers have until […]
House Committee reviews controversial Washington Privacy Act
Following a 46-1 vote in the Senate, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has moved over to the House, where a […]
Iowa senator to introduce ‘right to be forgotten’ law
A state senator wants to spare Iowans the agony of search engines digging up past indiscretions they would rather forget, […]
As Congress stalls on data privacy, Big Tech tangles with states
Top U.S. technology companies are shifting their focus to state capitals to shape emerging data-privacy laws as progress on a […]
Big Telecom Say It Has First Amendment Right to Sell Your Private Data
ISPs say that a law requiring users to opt-in to having their location and financial data sold is a ‘burdensome […]