On March 19, 2026, House Bill 8014, “Online Privacy Act of 2026,” was introduced in the House and referred to the Energy and ...

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In 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act became law. COPPA was designed with the future of the Internet in mind. Dotcoms were fast on their way to ...

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person's brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person's health, mental ...

When I joined Palantir in 2010 to cofound its Privacy and Civil Liberties Engineering team, the proliferation of Internet services and post-9/11 acknowledgement of ...

How effective are Portland’s sanctuary city policies when ICE can track and surveil immigrant communities with ease?

Since last year, the Justice Department has made unprecedented demands to states for sensitive voter data, including drivers ...

The Globe’s April 13 editorial, “23andMe bankruptcy highlights need for data protection law,” noted that around 20 states — not including Massachusetts — have enacted consumer data privacy laws.

(TNS) — From President Donald Trump's plans to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to threats of federal funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, people who work in K-12 ...

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate released legislation that seeks to bolster consumer privacy laws in the state by limiting the type of data large companies can store and collect from ...