Privacy

San Diego officials on Tuesday gave themselves another three years to review the city’s many surveillance technologies, an extension that should prevent the tools from being put on pause.

Odessa Mayor Javier Joven is demanding transparency around the investigation into a data breach that stemmed from a former city employee’s account. The account was not disabled after the employee’s termination.

The Chula Vista City Council last week approved creating an advisory commission that will be tasked with reviewing and recommending best practices on city technology use policies.

A California school district has signed onto an effort by districts across the country to hold companies such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accountable for contributing to a mental health crisis among young people.

The nation’s two largest public pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS, have provided more details about their actions after a data breach exposed the personal information of 1.2 million government retirees and beneficiaries.

Chief privacy officer roles exist in 21 states and counting. As the job gains traction in government, we look at where those IT leaders sit, how they collaborate with their peers and where the field is going.

An annual list of the top 40 most-accessed ed-tech tools for K-12 schools in the United States, now in its sixth year, put GoGuardian, Securly and Study.com alongside the likes of Google, Scholastic and YouTube.

Following safety tests at schools in every state, the nonprofit Internet Safety Labs found student data making its way to advertisers and social media sites by way of apps used in schools, with parents largely unaware.

A proposed network of public and private cameras, tied into the department's computer-aided dispatch system, would allow a valuable crime-fighting tool and near-immediate access to live video across the city, officials say.

States shouldn’t wait for a national privacy policy to address the critical issue of protecting constituent data. Hiring a chief privacy officer should top every state’s priority list.

Law enforcement and city officials in Norfolk see these advanced capabilities as a boon to public safety, but residents and state lawmakers alike have voiced privacy concerns about the amount of data the cameras capture.

Officials in the California city are being asked to take another look at the ordinance creating the Privacy and Technology Commission amid fears the group lacks enough authority to guide technology purchases.

The Walla Walla Police Department's new body-worn cameras are now in circulation for all commissioned officers. The cameras, supplied by Axon, were officially deployed earlier this week.

As technology gets smarter, it brings with it a new set of problems for the people and systems entrusted to protect constituent data. We asked state CIOs where their states are on the path to privacy.

Following debate at one district, a civil liberties lawsuit and what was initially an 18-month moratorium, the New York State Department of Education is drafting recommendations for facial recognition in schools.

A newly signed law in the state now allows public officials to block people from their private social media pages without a reason. The first-of-its-kind statute has prompted criticism from First Amendment advocates.

With a patchwork of privacy legislation in states like California and Iowa, and an increase in chief privacy officers nationwide, some advocates think the only way forward is a national policy.

The South Dakota Department of Health has a new system to improve immunization coverage throughout the state. The platform allows health-care providers to securely track records and identify areas in need of attention.