State data security and privacy laws in the U.S. have created a complex maze for large organizations that operate nationwide.

Companies that handle sensitive personal information, both of consumers and of their employees, should be aware that, even with the perceived hostility of the current administration toward data ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A customer looks at a laptop computer for sale last year. Comprehensive consumer privacy laws are taking effect in eight states ...

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 ...

State legislatures are weighing a wave of protections for sensitive geolocation data that would redefine comprehensive ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a nonprofit privacy rights group have called on several states to investigate why “hundreds” of data brokers haven’t registered with state consumer ...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the state will look into tightening data privacy laws following the release of his office’s annual enforcement report ...

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The state Attorney General's Office said it is recovering from and investigating a cyber attack nearly two weeks ago. (Photo illustration by seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images) This year, ...