The Georgia Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of a comprehensive privacy bill (SB-111).
A Montana bill aimed at prohibiting state and local government from purchasing individuals’ private electronic communications and data without a search warrant will make criminal investigations more difficult and burden the government’s ability to carry out its functions, said law enforcement officers and other government officials during a hearing of the state's Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation expects an "onslaught" of privacy issues in Congress this year, said Maddie Daly, EFF assistant director-federal affairs, in an interview with Privacy Daily. Some of EFF's top priorities, including a national privacy bill, may be "idealistic," but it's still important to push for them, Daly said.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion for a temporary restraining order against the Education Department, as sought by the University of California Student Association (USCA). Judge Randolph Moss ruled Monday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to student data and records will not cause the plaintiffs irreparable harm, so a TRO is unnecessary. However, DOGE faced a new lawsuit at the same court Monday, this time challenging the entity's access to sensitive information at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
States play a unique role in preserving constitutional order and won't shy from fighting alleged privacy violations by President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), said New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) during a press conference Friday ahead of a scheduled oral argument.
The data breaches that occurred as a result of negligent data security practices by two auto insurance companies, GEICO and Travelers, and the resulting settlements secured by the New York attorney general, are a recent example of why regulation of insurance companies is so important, said lawyers at a Practicing Law Institute webinar Thursday.
The federal government’s failure to act on children and teens’ online safety and privacy was called out in a Thursday hearing in Washington state's Senate Business Committee. Supporters of a bipartisan bill to protect minors online said that job is now up to the states.
Opponents of South Carolina’s age-appropriate design for social media bill should offer alternative language, rather than saying only that the bill can’t be done, suggested Sen. Sean Bennett (R) during a Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry subcommittee hearing Wednesday.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with a coalition of privacy defenders including Lex Lumina, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk, among others, over alleged violations of the Privacy Act of 1974.
Encryption is the first line of defense protecting young people online and in the physical world, privacy experts said during a webinar Tuesday that the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) hosted.