Tag: privacy

Federal lawmakers outline plan to expand digital privacy nationwide

Did you know where you live determines whether your personal data is protected online? Some states offer more protection than others. But now, for the first time, there’s a bipartisan proposal to expand digital privacy with one national standard. Senator Maria Cantwell (D) and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) are leading this effort known as […]

House, Senate commerce chairs release bipartisan privacy bill

Commerce Committee chairs in the House and Senate released a bipartisan bill Sunday evening that aims to protect Americans’ personal data online. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) unveiled the American Privacy Rights Act Sunday that would set “clear, national data privacy rights and protections for Americans.” It will preempt states’ data privacy […]

Family trees pruned for privacy hurt the innocent

Mar. 31—About this time last year, someone left a faxed press release on my desk in the newsroom, announcing how, in a nearby county, a long-serving judge was retiring. Not exactly breaking news, no hot tip on what I usually cover for the paper — which tends toward investigative stories about people or institutions facing […]

Worldcoin fails to get injunction against Spain’s privacy suspension

Controversial eyeball scanning startup Worldcoin has failed to get an injunction against a temporary suspension ordered Wednesday by Spain’s data protection authority, the AEPD. The authority used emergency powers contained in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to make the local order, which can apply for up to three months. It said it […]