A view from DC: Will Maryland end the era of notice and choice?

(Apr 26, 2024) Since the early days of data privacy, the principle of purpose limitation has been a core component of practice. It is, after all, one of the original fair i... Read More

FISA Section 702's Reauthorization Era

(Apr 26, 2024) For the past several months, news of the reauthorization of and potential amendments to Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has had... Read More

Texas middle school allegedly gave out students' information

(Apr 26, 2024) Arcola, Texas City Councilmember Ebony Sanco raised concerns over school privacy practices after a private investigator claimed he was able to obtain her chi... Read More

Unpacking FISA Section 702 reauthorization

(Apr 26, 2024) After a contentious debate in U.S. Congress over renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act over the last several months, the law was ... Read More

A view from DC: Maryland's data minimization ups the ante

(Apr 26, 2024) IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and artificial intelligence governance d... Read More

The aftermath of UnitedHealth Group's large-scale data breach 

(Apr 26, 2024) The Wall Street Journal detailed the complex process health care insurance provider UnitedHealth Group will have to undergo to restore its systems after an e... Read More

Advocacy group seeks investigation into pregnancy centers' privacy practices 

(Apr 26, 2024) Civil rights advocacy group Campaign for Accountability sent letters to five U.S. state attorneys general seeking an investigation into crisis pregnancy cent... Read More

ByteDance prefers US TikTok ban over divesture

(Apr 26, 2024) TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, would rather face a full shutdown in the U.S. than divest itself of the app and sell its algorithm once all reasonable le... Read More

The top 5 most-read articles for the week of 22 April 2024

(Apr 26, 2024) We know there's a lot of news to sift through these days. To help, we have gathered the top headlines of the week for you. Read More

Ransomware most prevalent in firm's annual security incident report

(Apr 26, 2024) BakerHostetler's 2024 Data Security Incident Response Report detailed the 1,150 data security incidents it oversaw in 2023. The law firm found ransomware was... Read More