Almost half the states with consumer privacy laws get failing grades for protecting consumer data and none received an “A,” the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Tuesday.
Support for privacy laws within the U.S. is growing, but legislation should balance tenets of the free and open internet with maintaining data privacy, according to the results of an Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) 2024 consumer survey released Monday. Conducted in the U.S. and other countries where national data privacy legislation exists, the survey sought views on the security of personal data and on the use of targeted advertising on the internet.
Illinois employers must comply with new privacy requirements under changes to the Illinois Personnel Record Review Act (IPPRA) that took effect this month, VedderPrice attorneys blogged last week.
Most privacy professionals say their jobs have become more stressful during the past five years, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association said Tuesday. ISACA said it surveyed 1,600 privacy professionals worldwide for a 2025 report.
Virtual private networks, or VPNs, aren't the effective loopholes to age-verification laws that many think they are, Electronic Frontier Foundation staff said in a blog post Friday. Currently, 19 states have laws that require age verification before a user can access sites containing adult content, said bloggers Paige Collings, EFF senior speech and privacy activist, and Rindala Alajaji, EFF legislative activist.
Laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), state and federal privacy laws, other laws and common law precedents in areas like copyright and survivor privacy apply to people after death and businesses should take them into consideration when dealing with personal information of the deceased, said Alex Ferrate, commercial attorney, in an IAPP blog Thursday.
National security surveillance, First Amendment issues and age-gating will be key privacy and technology policy areas to watch under the incoming administration, said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) staff during a webinar Thursday.
SafeGuard Privacy released a tool for tracking sensitive data requirements across the states, the company said Wednesday. SafeGuard said its multistate sensitive data assessment takes into account more than 800 sensitive data requirements under multiple laws. SafeGuard CEO Richy Glassberg signaled that the company plans to launch additional multistate tools on other privacy subjects. “We started with sensitive data as the highest strategic risk facing companies that collect and share personal data.”
To prevent mass deportations by President-elect Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), schools, employers and state and local governments must protect personal data, Victor Guillen Febres, program strategist at United We Dream, wrote in a blog for TechPolicy.Press Monday.
Privacy protections might be sidelined during the Trump administration in order to focus on other emerging technology, said Mallory Knodel, founder of the Social Web Foundation, in a Friday piece for TechPolicy.Press.