Consent asymmetry and “opt-out hurdles” are drawing fines. The compliance gap is technical, not legal language.

Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) can be a significant tool for governments aiming to protect sensitive data, according to a new report from New America’s Open ...

Nitin Gupta, founder of QRCodeChimp. He's a technology leader with over two decades of technology development and management experience. Picture this: A consumer scrolling through a website is ...

We read daily of cyberattacks and ransomware; is this leading to a decline in trust in using online services? How is this affecting individuals’ privacy? Can data really be protected online? These are ...

As AI systems became more deeply embedded in consumer‑facing products and services throughout 2025, regulators and private plaintiffs continued ...

A recent CNET survey found that high energy bills are a source of stress for 78% of American adults, and investing in a smart thermostat could help you take control of your energy usage. Smart ...

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Protecting student data is getting harder to do at the same time the legal and ethical imperatives to do it are becoming more urgent. Key to this problem are vendor negotiations, and securing data ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under acting director Russell Vought, canceled proposed new rules this week that would have protected Americans’ sensitive private data—including ...

Act 2025 makes major changes to UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

The Student Privacy Pledge — a voluntary promise to protect student data — ceased. The pledge was started to convince edtech companies to adopt transparency ...