Greetings from Portsmouth, New Hampshire! As you can see above, I've wandered back into office life here at IAPP headquarters making my way in on a more regular basis the last few months in an effort to finally abandon the rabbit cage I call a one-bedroom remote office. The ability to collaborate w...

NBC News reports its analysis of school files posted on hackers’ websites found files containing children’s personal information, including medical conditions and identifying data like Social Security numbers and birthdates. A bill currently before Massachusetts’ Joint Committee on Education woul...

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a proposal to increase funding to the Federal Trade Commission to support a new privacy and data security division, Reuters reports. The proposal, part of a proposed $3.5 trillion spending measure, would give the FTC $1 billion over 10 years to c...

A year and a half into the pandemic, privacy is more a central topic and concern than ever. This growth intersects with new challenges in the job market. Join the IAPP Sept. 29 on LinkedIn Live for a chat on searching, networking, interviewing and performing privacy jobs in the new environment, as w...

The Irish Times reports WhatsApp filed its appeal of Ireland's Data Protection Commission's 225 million euro EU General Data Protection Regulation fine over various breaches of transparency principles. In its appeal to the country's High Court, WhatsApp claims the fine violates its constitutional pr...