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 ...

Though there remains no comprehensive nationwide, federal privacy law on the books, several states in the U.S. have passed their own privacy ...

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 ...

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An overview of federal and state laws governing children’s and student privacy in the US, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), as well as sector-specific rules, ...

Consider standard security objectives (for more information, see Information Security Toolkit and Global Cybersecurity Toolkit on Practical Law), including: ...

The Columbus City Attorney is seeking to join two lawsuits in Texas federal court in order to protect patient healthcare information privacy laws as the U.S. government transitions from President Joe ...

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

States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other "biometric" data of ...