2024 was a year chock-full of data breaches and privacy violations. Many new data privacy and cybersecurity regulations were introduced (and became effective), and regulators sent a strong message to ...

In a landmark privacy enforcement action, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has reached a settlement with American Honda Motor Co. (“Honda ...

Three firings upheld: Iowa judges denied unemployment benefits to three healthcare workers dismissed over alleged HIPAA breaches. Varied alleged violations: Incidents ranged from improper record ...

Does it seem like there are more safety recalls than ever? Well, there might be but it's a little hard to tell since the government organizations responsible for recalls don't really provide a lot of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) launched an investigation into four ...

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the U.S. alleging that its Siri assistant recorded private conversations and shared them with third parties. The proposed ...

The money will be used to fund Trump's 'beautification' projects in Washington, the report says US President ⁠Donald Trump's administration is nearing a US$400 million settlement with TikTok to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Google has agreed to pay the state of Texas $1.375 billion to settle two lawsuits accusing the company of violating its residents' data ...

An independent review of Microsoft, Meta and Google web traffic in California in March found the tech companies may have violated state regulations around internet privacy. The audit, by webXray, also ...