Privacy and data protection laws are mushrooming, with nearly 150 countries adopting such regulations, speakers said during a Thursday IAPP webinar. There are 144 nations with national data protection measures, covering nearly 82% of the world's population, IAPP said in an updated report.
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.
More companies could become subject to the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act under changes contemplated by the original law’s sponsor. Senate Energy and Technology Chair Daniel Zolnikov (R) told Privacy Daily on Thursday he wants to slash the legislation’s applicability thresholds and tighten exemptions. Moreover, under a bill (SB-297) he filed earlier this week, Montana would also add child protections and cut in half the comprehensive privacy law’s 60-day right to cure.
The European Commission withdrew two controversial pieces of legislation from its 2025 work program, bringing cheers Wednesday from the tech sector as a consumer group jeered.
The U.S. shouldn’t rush to adopt comprehensive AI legislation, despite a growing patchwork of state regulations, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us 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.
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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.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed suit against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Monday. EPIC called DOGE’s allegedly illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data “the largest data breach in American history.”
Recently fired Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board member Travis LeBlanc said Tuesday he’s considering legal action against the Trump administration for removing him three years before his term expired (see 2501300049).