Latest Data Privacy Act Aims to Protect Individual's Data Online
Senate Democrats have introduced an act that would require companies to protect consumer data, inform users of breaches, and be held to duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality.
Senate Democrats have introduced an act that would require companies to protect consumer data, inform users of breaches, and be held to duties of care, loyalty, and confidentiality.
Consumer groups in Europe argue Google doesn't have a valid legal basis for processing users’ location data and is processing personal information that violates the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
Japan asked Facebook on Monday to better safeguard its users data following several breaches - one of 29 million users, another of 87 million users - this year.
Following a Wall Street Journal article, Google said this week that it would shut down its social network, Google+, after discovering a bug in its API that exposed user data.
California passed a sweeping data privacy bill on Thursday believed to be the strictest in the nation. The law will give consumers the ability to ask what data companies have on them and to sue over data breaches.