Privacy

Experts in student privacy, with years of experience in the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, say that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is long overdue for a regulatory update.

The Biden-Harris administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy has released new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence with the hope of better protecting citizens' rights.

The powerful biometric surveillance tools used to identify suspects are up to 100 times more likely to misidentify Asian and Black people compared with white men, according to a 2019 National Institute of Standards and Technology study.

Officials with the Davenport Community School District reported that no information seemed to have been compromised when a hacker gained access to the computer system earlier this month.

California companies and law enforcement will not be allowed to share reproductive digital information with out-of-state authorities building cases against those who travel to the state for an abortion under the law.

Illinois residents who filed claims for a cut of Google’s $100 million class-action settlement that is related to alleged violations of a state privacy law there could receive checks of about $154 each.

Apple Inc. told iPhone users last year that Facebook could no longer follow Internet activity without consent — but a lawsuit alleges that Facebook's parent, Meta, is still tracking them without asking for approval.

The free technology trials that helped teachers and school districts navigate the transition to at-home, virtual learning are now winding down, leaving educators with the choice of paying or going without.

A report on ed-tech practices at more than 100 U.S. K-12 school districts found that app use has proliferated since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, creating more data privacy considerations.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed one piece of tech legislation into law and has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the other bills that have cleared the statehouse, including several related to IT and cybersecurity.

Adversarial foreign nations might use data about specific politicians to blackmail them or troves of data about the public to refine disinformation campaigns, according to a Senate hearing. Getting that data could entail hacking or simply purchasing from data brokers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a sweeping law that requires tech companies to design their platforms with the well-being of children in mind and to adopt the highest default privacy settings for users under 18.

A tracking tool that is used on Zillow's website violates the privacy rights of the tens of thousands of prospective homebuyers and sellers who use the real estate website, according to a new lawsuit.

The federal data privacy bill under consideration is weaker than the privacy laws on the books in California and contains a provision that says the federal policy would override state laws. That’s unacceptable.

A federal court in Ohio has ruled that universities may violate privacy rights by scanning students’ rooms during remote exams. The ruling could affect university policies around test proctoring for remote learners.

A privacy act limits how long law enforcement can retain images captured by plate readers, which take photos of plates, store the data for up to six months and have been touted as a game-changing crime-solving tool.

State leaders took a risk in 2019 when they passed the toughest Internet privacy law in the nation, drawing the ire of powerful telecommunication companies, which saw it as a threat to their way of business.

A West Virginia school district will connect facial-recognition software to a database of faculty, staff and parents who are approved to visit school grounds, thus allowing front office personnel to identify visitors.