privacy

Meta Fined $18.6M Over Facebook Data Breach
Meta Fined $18.6M Over Facebook Data Breach
March 15, 2022  |  Meta

Meta Platforms has been fined 17 million euros ($18.6 million) for violating the European Union’s privacy regulations by failing to prevent data breaches on its...

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Utah on the Verge of Adopting Comprehensive Privacy Law
Utah on the Verge of Adopting Comprehensive Privacy Law
March 04, 2022  |  Regulation

Utah is on track to enact a comprehensive state privacy law, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) reported Thursday (March 3). In just five...

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Congress Contemplates Privacy Protections
Congress Contemplates Privacy Protections
March 03, 2022  |  Politics

U.S. lawmakers considered legislation Tuesday (March 1) designed to protect online users. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce...

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Big Tech Weekly: Meta Is on the Ropes Again
Big Tech Weekly: Meta Is on the Ropes Again
February 25, 2022  |  Technology

Meta Platforms had another challenging week. Facebook’s parent company is facing an order by the European Union agency responsible for protecting personal information to suspend...

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Facial Recognition Is the Biggest Concern on AI
Facial Recognition Is the Biggest Concern on AI
February 23, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

When people talk about artificial intelligence (AI), some people think about robots taking over humanity, but the reality is that AI is more about companies...

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Homeland Security Privacy Chief Urges More Ways to Protect Data
Homeland Security Privacy Chief Urges More Ways to Protect Data
February 18, 2022  |  Safety and Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief privacy officer is calling for stricter rules to protect consumer data. Lynn Parker Dupree, who was appointed to...

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Regulators Still Deciding If Google´s Plan to Stop Cross-App Tracking Is Good  
Regulators Still Deciding If Google´s Plan to Stop Cross-App Tracking Is Good  
February 18, 2022  |  Google

Regulators have been asking Google and other Big Tech companies for a long time to enhance privacy settings and to embrace privacy rules to protect...

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Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
Advisor: California Should Pause and Consider Its Use of ID.me
February 16, 2022  |  Identity

California should pause and carefully consider its contract with identity-verification firm ID.me in the wake of privacy concerns about the company’s software, a non-partisan state...

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Bipartisan Legislation Would Update Health Data Privacy Laws
Bipartisan Legislation Would Update Health Data Privacy Laws
February 16, 2022  |  Legal

It’s been more than two decades since the nation’s healthcare data privacy law was enacted, and two United States senators say it’s time to revise...

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