IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, breaks down the latest privacy happenings in the nation’s capital, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's latest action on children's privacy as well as renewed momentum in discussions on federal privacy legislatio...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission voted 5-0 to adopt a policy statement regarding increased scrutiny of Children's Online Privacy Protection Act violations involving education technology companies. The statement reaffirmed COPPA provisions around limiting edtech's collection, use, retention and se...

European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski offered an opinion on data protection considerations associated with the United Nations’ proposed Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes. The opinion o...

Brave created a Privacy Hub in its updated browser for iPhone and iPad, iMore reports. The Privacy Hub shows users what web trackers websites used before the browser blocks them. The latest browser version also features a certificate viewer so a user can verify if it is valid or had been revoked.Ful...

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Editorial Board advocated for enhancing the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to protect the release of women’s health records who have had an abortion. Without Democrats in Congress passing a law to codify Roe v. Wade into law, the Editorial Bo...