Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) can be a significant tool for governments aiming to protect sensitive data, according to a new report from New America’s Open ...

Data privacy regulations aren’t known for being light reading. That doesn’t make it easy for businesses to become compliant. When one law refers to data subjects, another to residents, another to ...

Nitin Gupta, founder of QRCodeChimp. He's a technology leader with over two decades of technology development and management experience. Picture this: A consumer scrolling through a website is ...

March 27, 2025 - In recent years, the United States has seen a significant surge in adopting state-level data privacy laws. With the number of those laws now at 20 and counting, the states' laws have ...

Act 2025 makes major changes to UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

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Many 23andMe customers signed up to the genetic testing service in hopes of learning fun or interesting information about their past. But consumer advocates are now urging those users to request the ...

Protecting student data is getting harder to do at the same time the legal and ethical imperatives to do it are becoming more urgent. Key to this problem are vendor negotiations, and securing data ...

We read daily of cyberattacks and ransomware; is this leading to a decline in trust in using online services? How is this affecting individuals’ privacy? Can data really be protected online? These are ...

A recent CNET survey found that high energy bills are a source of stress for 78% of American adults, and investing in a smart thermostat could help you take control of your energy usage. Smart ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under acting director Russell Vought, canceled proposed new rules this week that would have protected Americans’ sensitive private data—including ...

The Student Privacy Pledge — a voluntary promise to protect student data — ceased. The pledge was started to convince edtech companies to adopt transparency ...