Lack of Controls, User Negligence Exposed PII of Veterans
A recent VA inspector general report discovered veterans' medical records among a cache of data left exposed on shared drives.
A recent VA inspector general report discovered veterans' medical records among a cache of data left exposed on shared drives.
A bill introduced last week could threaten years of jail time for execs who lie to the FTC about protecting user data.
Nevada's new privacy law requires websites to post a privacy notice and allow consumers to opt out of the sale of their personal data.
On top of the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act, a new ballot initiative seeks to tamp down data privacy even further in the state.
Five amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act were sent to governor of California’s desk on Friday as the most stringent law on consumer privacy continues to take form.
The suspects, arrested worldwide, allegedly stole more than 250,000 identities, filed more than 10,000 fake tax returns, and tried to receive more than $91 million in refunds.
The team will be tasked with better protecting U.S. IP from data theft; it will also issue and oversee new policies around data rights and how military IP is allocated in the DoD's contracting and acquisition stages.
Many privacy advocates, including the FTC's own commissioner, say the FTC's record $170 million fine that it violated COPPA, isn't enough.
The past few years has seen several states in the U.S. adopt, or look to adopt biometric privacy legislation that dictates what type of facial, fingerprint, or retinal data organizations can collect, use, and store.
Federal lawmakers are looking for answers from educational technology companies on how they collect and process student data.