More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person's brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person's health, mental ...

Spring 2026 has been a busy season for state privacy legislation. Oklahoma and Alabama each enacted comprehensive privacy ...

With the advent of a new year comes a new set of consumer data privacy laws in the United States. Five new state data privacy laws go into effect in January 2025, with additional laws coming ...

We read daily of cyberattacks and ransomware; is this leading to a decline in trust in using online services? How is this affecting individuals’ privacy? Can data really be protected online? These are ...

According to a 2023 study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube collectively ...

Good reasons made it illegal during World War I to whistle for an oncoming London taxi, but the application of that law ended with the war. Today’s tech-related rules may come in and out of use almost ...

Some jurisdictions define a child as anyone under 18 years old, but certain privacy laws limit protection to individuals under 13 years old. States may also include separate definitions for terms like ...

More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kate Ruder, KFF Health News More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves ...