Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale. A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer ...

Many of the earlier privacy laws to come on the scene were sectoral in their reach. The Privacy Act of 1974, for example, applies only to federal government agencies ...

The state legislatures remain extremely active on privacy legislation this year. One new state comprehensive privacy law took effect on July 1, one takes effect July 31, and a third will take effect ...

(TNS) — Who should be held liable when a person’s biometric data — their facial features, voice or fingerprints — is misused? Illinois is home to some of the strongest consumer privacy regulation in ...

Data privacy regulations such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and California’s Consumer Privacy Act have fundamentally changed how organizations ...

I’ve written that the AI panic we’re living through feels a lot like the dawn of the commercial internet, full of promise, panic and policy gaps. Well, here we go again. In late 2025, President Trump ...

As digital transactions become a daily reality for West Virginia residents and businesses, new privacy laws are reshaping how local companies handle customer data. With evolving regulations and rising ...

The internet has transformed nearly every corner of our lives. Commerce, communication, education, and civic participation have all flourished in the digital age. But while we’ve embraced these ...

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate released legislation that seeks to bolster consumer privacy laws in the state by limiting the type of data large companies can store and collect from ...