Advocacy groups that disagreed with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld a Texas age-verification law for accessing adult sites (see 2506270041) argued the decision is significant because it could embolden other states to expand the definition of off-limits material, further challenging the First Amendment and ultimately letting politicians make content decisions. Another worry is the harm the decision could bring to the LGBTQ community, some groups said.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) called for "enforceable legal obligations" that make risk assessments "mandatory" and afford "public access" to them, ensuring citizens can identify "how harms are mitigated and compliance is ensured."
The American Medical Association will support legislation and regulations to protect the privacy of individual neurological data and guard against discrimination potentially caused by neurotechnologies, the organization said Tuesday in a resolution its House of Delegates adopted.
Cookies and other tracking technologies were considered simple tools to enhance website users' experience but have become "ground zero" in the data-protection consent space, privacy and cybersecurity attorney Scott Loughlin said at a June 12 Hogan Lovells webinar.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- It’s important to think about the value proposition for users when developing a privacy product, Miguel Guevara, a member of Google’s data protection team, said Tuesday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference.
Representatives from Apple and Google highlighted some company differences in philosophy regarding data retention practices during separate panels at the Future of Privacy Forum’s DC Privacy Forum on Wednesday.
There are numerous overlaps between privacy and AI. Here's another one: those who are competent with privacy are most likely to be able to handle AI well, according to a 2025 global privacy benchmarks survey conducted by Golfdale Consulting at the request of TrustArc.
Humans live in a "paradoxical situation" in that we believe our personal data belongs to us while, in reality, it doesn't, Vilnius University professor Paulius Jurcys said in an article published Tuesday. He called for a new social contract where people own and control their data.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Internet Safety Labs is embracing crowdsourcing and some automation as it attempts to label the privacy and safety risks of all websites and mobile apps by 2029, said Bryce Simpson, an ISL safety researcher, at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference Tuesday.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A majority of telehealth apps may be violating at least one privacy law or rule, the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference heard Tuesday.