Martin Abrams knows a little something about information privacy and consumer policy. Over the course of the last 40-plus years, Abrams has had his hands in a number of initiatives, including as co-founder and president of the Centre for Information Policy Leadership and founder of the Information A...

Two things happened in November that forged a path to passing federal legislation on youth safety. First, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., a supporter of the Kids Online Safety Act, was said to be pursuing a "hotline" process to get the bill passed. That is, the chair of the Senate Committee on Co...

State Sen. Cynthia Creem, D-Mass., introduced a bill to the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on the Judiciary that would restrict police use of facial recognition technology, WBUR reports. The bill would require a warrant before using facial recognition technology on a criminal suspect.Fu...

A class-action lawsuit claims Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company breached the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act, the Cook County Record reports. Claims allege the company required applicants to submit their family medical histories while the law prohibits insurers from using such info...

This week, the Council of the European Union adopted the Data Act. IAPP Managing Director, Europe, Isabelle Roccia, CIPP/E, said, "the mind already boggles with anticipated implementation challenges," including ensuring consistency with personal data protection rules, and more recent regulations lik...