Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer privacy laws are taking effect in eight states ...

Influenced by advancements in AI and wearable technology, and fueled by privacy concerns, reproductive health data is at a pivotal intersection of federal and state regulations. Traditionally, the ...

The past complexity of data privacy is even more reason to take an affirmative position for its future, especially now, as the next technological revolution arrives. In March, Sens. Ed Markey and Bill ...

The data privacy landscape in the United States continues to evolve at a rapid pace, but state-to-state changes are seldom uniform. For businesses operating across multiple jurisdictions, the ...

Federal agencies are requesting access to state and local government data for immigration enforcement purposes. Some experts ...

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.

The cost of fragmented identity infrastructure is real, but it's hidden in operational friction, complexity and risk rather ...

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 ...

Oklahoma is on the verge of joining the growing list of states with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law with Senate Bill 546 on the governor’s desk.

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 ...