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DATA The Real Price of “Fix It Later”: Non-Compliance Now Costs U.S. Businesses $14.8 Million Per Enterprise
When corporate boards talk about data privacy, the conversation almost always lands on risk tolerance.
COMPLIANCE Federal Privacy Legislation in 2026: The 49 Bills Reshaping U.S. Data Privacy Law
The United States still does not have a single comprehensive federal privacy law resembling the GDPR.
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Are Moving From Theory to Infrastructure
For years, privacy programs have focused largely on controlling what organizations are allowed to collect.
LAW FIRMS Seyed Hosseini Pro Se Privacy Claimant Is Testing an Expanded CIPA and ECPA Demand Playbook
A new demand letter reviewed by Captain Compliance shows a self-represented California claimant,, using a familiar tactic: visit a website, open browser…
Is Your Customer Service Call a Biometric Event? Lowe’s Voiceprint Lawsuit Signals a New BIPA Risk for AI
A routine call to customer service may be becoming something very different under Illinois privacy law.
COMPLIANCE The License Plate Camera Was Never Just Reading Plates.
One roadside Flock unit produced about 1.6 million images in three weeks.
Is Your Customer Service Call a Biometric Event? Lowe’s Voiceprint Lawsuit Signals a New BIPA Risk for AI
A routine call to customer service may be becoming something very different under Illinois privacy law.
The Specialty Was the Sensitive Field. Marketing Sent It Anyway
Doctoralia told investigators the pixels were for internal campaign measurement.
German Court Says Loyalty Apps Don’t Have to Put a Price on Your Personal Data
When a supermarket offers lower prices only to customers who download an app, create an account and allow the retailer to build…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA Meta Launches Camera-Free Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, but Removing the Camera Does Not End the Privacy Debate
Meta has launched a new version of its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses without a camera, an apparent attempt to preserve the convenience…
Governors Call for Federal AI Guardrails as States Build Their Own Rules
The United States is rapidly developing a state-by-state system for regulating artificial intelligence, and some of the governors creating those rules now…
LAW FIRMS Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Warns Businesses About CIPA Demand Letters and Specifically Names Vivek Shah
The wave of California website privacy demand letters that has occupied privacy lawyers, insurers and businesses for much of the past two…