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RSS feed →CMS Health Directory Exposes Providers’ Social Security Numbers: What Happened and Why It Matters
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency overseeing the United States’ largest public health insurance programs, found itself…
Why Thomson Reuters’ Michigan Class Action Privacy Case is a Billion-Dollar Data Crisis
The class action filed on April 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan represents a significant escalation…
Captain Compliance Wins the Spring 2026 Leader Award in Compliance Management from SourceForge
Captain Compliance is proud to be a winner of the Leader award from SourceForge, the world’s largest software reviews and comparison website.
The Children Left Out of Privacy Design
For many teenagers, navigating privacy settings online is a minor inconvenience — a few toggles, a quick decision, maybe a moment’s hesitation…
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Maryland Bans Surveillance-Based Pricing in Grocery Stores: Why a Local Pricing Law Is Actually a National Privacy Signal
On Tuesday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Protection From Predatory Pricing Act (HB 895) into law, making Maryland the first US…
Twenty-One States and Counting: What the Mid-April 2026 State Privacy Wave Actually Means
State privacy trackers are useful, but they have a habit of treating each new bill the way a stock ticker treats each…
The Data Was Deleted. The Questions Are Not.
More than a decade after millions of dating profiles were quietly repurposed for artificial intelligence, the data is finally gone.
Florida Goes After ChatGPT: What the Criminal Investigation Into OpenAI Tells Us About Where AI Accountability Is Heading
The question of who is responsible when an AI system helps someone do something harmful has been circling the tech policy world…
CAC Issues Public Notice on Personal Information Collection Violations in 33 Apps
China’s Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), in coordination with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Public Security,…
US Supreme Court Grapples with Geofence Warrants: Privacy vs. Police Power
In a closely watched case with major implications for digital privacy, the U.S.
SECURE Data Act: A Critical Analysis of the Latest Federal Privacy Bill
After years of stalled negotiations, false starts, and political gridlock, Congress is once again attempting to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law.
The Tweet That Launched a Lawsuit: JetBlue, Surveillance Pricing, and the Privacy Fight Hidden Inside Your Airline Ticket
It started with a funeral…. On April 18, 2026, a JetBlue customer posted on X that the price of a ticket had…