The OECD Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP) held a special meeting on June 8 to consider a second update on the work of an informal drafting group on government access to personal data held by the private sector.
Proposed changes to federal health privacy rules intended to encourage information sharing with social services agencies could pose unacceptable privacy risks.
The Federal Trade Commission is punching right at the heart – and guts – of how data collection drives revenue for tech firms: their algorithms.
A group of privacy-first tech companies have published an open letter today asking EU and US regulators to take action and ban surveillance-based advertising.
New York City biometric data protection law entered into force with anticipated impacts on local businesses and restaurants.
Hoff couldn’t give a conclusive timeline to when a new Privacy Shield agreement would be on the books, but there has not been any lull in the conversations.
Financial services giant Intuit this week informed 1.4 million small businesses using its QuickBooks Online Payroll and Intuit Online Payroll products that their payroll information will be shared with big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax starting later this year unless customers opt out by the end of this month.
The bill was recently sent to the Colorado governor’s desk, where he will have until July 8 to sign or veto the bill, otherwise it will become law without his signature.
ID.me’s CEO says unemployment fraud is costing taxpayers $400 billion, but his own company is denying claims because of problems with its tech, users say.
The Baltimore City Council recently passed an ordinance, in a vote of 13-2, barring the use of facial recognition technology by city residents, businesses, and most of the city government (excluding the city police department) until December 2022.
The company’s customer security chief said Microsoft gets between 2,400 to 3,500 secrecy orders each year.
The FBI, U.S. Park Police, and other agencies used the technology during the height of 2020’s protests, according to a new government watchdog report.