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DATA Washington Attorney General Calls for Broader Privacy Laws, Stronger Consent and Data Broker Regulation
Washington’s first-ever Attorney General Data Privacy Report could provide a roadmap for the state’s next wave of privacy legislation, calling for stronger…
Variety Media CIPA Ruling: IP Addresses May Not Support Pen Register Claims
Variety Media v. Superior Court could reshape California’s wave of CIPA website-tracking lawsuits by expanding the statute to internet communications while simultaneously…
Tracker Finds Nearly 400 U.S. Federal Datasets Deleted or Altered Since Early 2025
At least 28 federal datasets have been deleted and another 338 data collections have been modified over the past year and a…
AI The Data Risk Management Framework Built for the Shadow AI Era
The global average cost of a data breach just hit $4.99 million — a 12% jump and a record high, according to…
DATA OneTrust Alternatives: 11 Best Competitors Compared for 2026 (In-Depth Guide)
OneTrust is the name most privacy teams think of first.
Police Misuse of Flock License-Plate Networks Highlights Persistent Privacy Gaps in Automated Surveillance
A Washington Post investigation published in early August 2026 has documented widespread misuse of Flock Safety’s nationwide network of automated license-plate readers…
PrivacyMaxxing
The internet has entered its “maxxing” era. First there was “looksmaxxing,” a trend focused on optimizing physical appearance. Then came “healthmaxxing,” “sleepmaxxing,”…
DATA IAB charts a pragmatic path for modernizing children’s privacy law
The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s new white paper, Protecting America’s Youth: A Balanced Framework for Modernizing Children’s Privacy Law, offers something increasingly rare…
DATA Lofty Sues Vivek Shah First in a New Test of California CIPA Website Claims
Most companies that receive a California Invasion of Privacy Act demand letter are placed in a defensive position.
DATA Mozilla Tested Six Period Tracker Apps. Only One Earned a Perfect Privacy Score
Period-tracking applications ask users to record some of the most intimate information a technology company can collect.
New Jersey’s A5328: The Data Broker Law That Comes for Companies With Direct Consumer Relationships
Being framed as the most dangerous data broker law for business owners who do not consider themselves data brokers yet will share…
Post-Quantum Cryptography for Privacy Teams: What to Prioritize Before the 2030 Deprecation Deadline
Somewhere right now, an intelligence service or criminal syndicate is exfiltrating encrypted data it cannot read.