The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argued this week that opponents of New Jersey's Daniel's Law, which protects judicial and law enforcement personnel's private information, would use First Amendment grounds to oppose almost all privacy measures.
A 19-year-old Massachusetts college student was charged and agreed to plead guilty to hacking into software company PowerSchool's network and causing its 2024 data breach, the North Carolina Attorney General announced Wednesday. AG Jeff Jackson (D) launched an investigation into the breach that impacted more than 62.4 million people across the U.S. in February (see 2502060055).
The Mississippi attorney general fired back Monday against NetChoice, opposing motions for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against a law that requires social media platforms to verify users' ages, obtain parental consent for minors to have accounts, and limit the content minors are exposed to on the platforms.
A subscriber to The Onion hit the satirical news site with a class-action complaint on Friday, alleging that it deployed a tracking pixel that transmitted his personally identifiable information to third parties without prior knowledge or consent, which violates the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Friday opposed a motion from federal employees asking a court to stop OPM from disclosing records containing sensitive personal information to DOGE. The American Federation of Government Employees requested the injunction at the end of April, claiming that disclosing this data is a violation of the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Administrative Procedures Act (see 2504280027).
President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department doubled down Friday on their request that a court dissolve a preliminary injunction (PI) that's preventing Treasury employees from accessing systems containing citizens' sensitive information.
New York led a coalition of states that asked a federal court Wednesday to ignore a motion from President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department to dissolve a preliminary injunction. The injunction bars Treasury employees from accessing systems that contain personally identifiable information (PII) or financial information of payees.
Four porn sites were sued Monday for allegedly failing to implement age verification on their websites as Kansas law requires, announced the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Law Center, co-counsel for the suits. Filed on behalf of a 14-year-old minor in the U.S. District Court for Kansas, the suits are the first in the U.S. that challenge violations of age-verification laws, NCOSE said.
A Tennessee public school system sued software provider PowerSchool over a breach in December 2024 where hackers stole student and teacher data. The complaint alleges breach of contract, false advertising and negligence as a result of personal information being accessed by bad actors.
A proposed settlement has been reached in a case involving Google's alleged violation of children's privacy, according to a joint court document filed Friday.