The Treasury Department's information sharing agreement with the Department of Homeland Security could have implications for ...

I'm a lawyer and bioethicist who has been studying direct-to-consumer genetic testing for almost a decade. Understanding what information 23andMe has been collecting, and how it might be used if ...

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a nonprofit privacy rights group have called on several states to investigate ...

Apple users can apply for their share of a $95 million privacy lawsuit settlement. Anyone who owned a Siri-enabled device, ...

In a close 4-3 decision, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a separate claim accrues under the Act each time a private entity scans or transmits an individual's biometric identifier or ...

Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts) today will announce a push to update a 50-year-old federal privacy law in response to concerns that Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service may be accessing and ...

"In 2023 alone, over 50 GIPA complaints were filed, and new suits continue to be filed in 2024," write Kathleen Carlson, Lawrence Fogel and Colleen Brown of Sidley Austin.

California this week sued to fine a data-harvesting company, in a rare step to put muscle behind one of the strongest online privacy laws in the United States.

Explore the evolution of biometric information privacy litigation and insurance exclusions, with insights from recent Illinois court decisions on BIPA claims ...