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GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE Public Distrust at Scale: Analyzing American Attitudes Toward Government Data Collection, Sharing, and Accountability
The governance of personal data held by public agencies has occupied a contested space in American policy for decades.
DATA Spanish Data Protection Authorities Release Decalogue for Safe Use of Digital Educational Platforms
Spain’s leading data protection authorities jointly published a comprehensive “Decalogue” outlining ten core principles to ensure the responsible procurement and use of…
COMPLIANCE Your Doctor Doesn’t Know What Google Knows About Your Health
The assumption that health privacy begins and ends with HIPAA is dangerously out of date.
COMPLIANCE Salpeter Gitkin Florida’s Data Privacy Litigation Over FSCA
A Florida plaintiffs’ firm is turning a 1960s-era wiretapping statute into a scalpel for modern website tracking — and household-name retailers, mid-market…
NetChoice v. Fitch: Age Verification for Child Safety or the Quiet Erosion of Online Anonymity?
There is tension between NetChoice and Fitch. As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deliberates following its second round…
DATA The DPIA Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
Shadow IT, stale inventories, and the quiet governance crisis hiding inside most organizations’ data protection programs.
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE FTC Slams OkCupid and Match Group for Secretly Handing Millions of Users’ Photos and Location Data to an AI Firm — A Stark Warning on Third-Party Data Risks
In one of the most eye-opening privacy enforcement actions of the year, the Federal Trade Commission has taken firm action against dating-app…
GDPR Italian Data Protection Authority Slaps Intesa Sanpaolo with €31.8 Million Fine Over Massive Insider Data Breach
Italy’s Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (the Data Protection Authority) has issued one of its largest fines in recent years,…
Leaked iPhone Exploit Kit Signals a Dangerous Shift in Privacy and Cybersecurity Risk
A newly leaked exploit kit capable of hacking millions of iPhones is raising alarms far beyond the cybersecurity community.
AI FTC Takes “Case-by-Case” Approach as Enforcement, Not Rulemaker
The Federal Trade Commission has no intention of becoming a prescriptive regulator in the digital space.
Meta Is Building an Encrypted AI Chatbot — But a Data Breach Incident Forced Its Hand
Meta doesn’t typically move toward stronger privacy protections unless something forces it to.
AI Sen. Blackburn’s AI Framework Signals Renewed Federal Push on Children’s Safety and Copyright
Momentum is building again in Washington around artificial intelligence regulation, and a new proposal from Senator Marsha Blackburn is sharpening the focus…