Pervasive data collection has fueled a dramatic transformation in the legal data privacy landscape, marked by two distinct, yet ...

A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer privacy laws are taking effect in eight states this year. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) This year, comprehensive privacy ...

Rep. Steve Elkins, DFL-Bloomington, speaks about the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act at a press conference on July 28, 2025. (Photo by Izzy Wagener/Minnesota ...

Just one month into 2026, state lawmakers are already considering hundreds of AI and privacy related bills. In this post, we ...

In 1998, the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act became law. COPPA was designed with the future of the Internet in mind. Dotcoms were fast on their way to ...

Efforts to police children's data online are running up against the limits of decades-old privacy laws, such as COPPA.

An overview of federal and state laws governing children’s and student privacy in the US, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), as well as sector-specific rules, ...

Between 2020 and 2024, 20 states enacted comprehensive data privacy laws, and many observers assumed 2025 would see continued proliferation.

December 23, 2025 - Over the past several months, I have handled more cross-border data issues than I have in my whole career. This phenomenon only reinforces what I've known for some time: In this ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Within the World Wide Web, lies a whole world of information. “We worried about hackers,” said University of Maryland professor Jennifer Golbeck, “but we didn't worry about ...

An FTC order tied to COPPA compliance underscores why youth-facing digital tools must prioritize data minimization, ...