The Privacy Act of 1974 protects personal information collected across federal agencies. Privacy groups and attorneys are invoking it to block access to personal records by DOGE.

Washington — Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in the past month challenging executive actions President Trump has taken since the start of his second term in office, and federal courts from ...

Carmakers are in the crosshairs of state enforcers, with California becoming the latest to target the industry’s data ...

A federal judge today blocked DOGE from accessing personal data held by the US Department of Education and Office of ...

New York lawmakers recently passed a wide-ranging health information privacy bill that would require entities to obtain ...

As the legislative season continues, some states, like Georgia and Oklahoma, have continued to progress in the efforts to establish a ...

On January 22, 2025, the New York Assembly passed Senate Bill S929, titled the New York Health Information Privacy Act (New ...

The Town of Hempstead’s school bus camera enforcement program is under legal scrutiny, as a class-action lawsuit claims the ...

IAPP Country Leader New Zealand Daimhin Warner discusses inquiry reports by the Public Service Commission and Stats NZ over the alleged misuse of 2023 Census data and personal information gathered for ...

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student educational records and establishes rights for students ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - A new bill would give Vermonters the right to delete data. The Vermont Data Privacy Act would let ...