David Stauss of Stauss Law writes: Key point: Our new chart compares the data broker laws of California, Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Vermont, covering applicability standards, registration and disclosure obligations, consumer rights, and penalties. State data broker laws are proliferating, and they vary widely in scope and structure. Connecticut recently passed a data broker...

Paige Collings and Jillian C. York write: This week, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by announcing a ban on social media for users under 16 that is set to take effect in Spring 2027. The UK government continues to falsely characterize this policy as a necessary response...

Zack Whittaker reports: Anthropic may ask Claude users to verify their age and identity by uploading their government-issued documents, according to a new version of the company’s privacy policy. The AI giant says the move was to allow users to appeal having their account flagged for potentially fraudulent activity rather than outright banning them, but...

David E. Rattray reports: A few minutes before 7 in the evening on May 9, 2025, a deputy in the Johnson County, Tex., sheriff’s office sat at a computer seeking information about a missing resident’s car. In the spot where officers were required to give a purpose for their requests, the deputy typed, “had an...

Lauren Rankin writes: New York had the chance to make history in more arenas than basketball this June. Earlier this month, the New York Senate passed the Maternal Health, Dignity and Consent Act, becoming the first legislative chamber in the country to pass legislation that would require informed consent for drug testing of pregnant people. But despite that...

IAPP reports: Vermont became the 23rd state to enact a comprehensive state privacy law. Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vt., signed Senate Bill 71, the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act into law 16 June. With Scott’s signature, Vermont becomes the fourth state to pass a comprehensive privacy law this year, joining Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The law...

James Mann and David Saunders of McDermott Will & Schulte write: Readers may recall that last year, New York attempted to enact a health privacy law that was ultimately vetoed by the governor. Now, New York is back with another attempt that, after some modification from last year’s version, stands a chance of being signed by Governor Kathy Hochul. Like...

Paul Schroeder writes: On June 4, 2026 the Department of Commerce issued a new order “Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products” (DAO 216-26) that limits the types of privacy protection methods that the Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) can use for their data products. This order subverts processes developed over decades to foster transparency and...

Zack Whittaker reports: Apple’s plan to change a privacy feature that lets paying customers hide their real email addresses when creating online accounts could make it easier for apps and websites to block anonymous sign-ups. Apple’s Hide My Email is an iCloud+ feature that generates anonymous email addresses under the @icloud.com domain, which then forward messages to...

Russell Myers reports: A hospital worker at the private clinic where the Princess of Wales had abdominal surgery is set to face a criminal prosecution following an investigation into claims that the Princess’ medical records had allegedly been accessed by staff in 2024, it is understood. A total of three trusted employees, who worked at The...

Canadian privacy law professor Michael Geist writes: The government is set to introduce its long-promised privacy reform legislation early this week, with the recognition of a fundamental right to privacy expected to serve as a foundational element of the bill. Establishing privacy as a fundamental right would be a welcome and long-overdue development, one that many have...

On June 12, Jon Brodkin reported: Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight tonight after Congress failed to pass an extension of the controversial spying law. But that doesn’t mean the government’s spying powers will disappear. Surveillance under Section 702 of FISA “operates under yearlong certifications approved...

From Hunton Andrews Kurth: Louisiana recently enacted Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act (“LDPA”), becoming the 22nd U.S. state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. The LDPA follows the now-familiar controller/processor and consumer-rights framework seen in many state comprehensive data privacy laws, with certain distinctions. Scope The LDPA applies to any person...

Josh Richman writes: Governments must not adopt emerging and powerful AI technologies without also adopting strong and clear safeguards to protect Constitutional rights, EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia testified to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection. During the hearing on “The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI,...

Daryna Antoniuk reports: Russia has spent decades building one of the world’s most sophisticated digital surveillance systems. Now, the Kremlin is taking steps to make it faster, more automated and better integrated across the country’s internet infrastructure. Known as SORM, the platform gives Russia’s security and intelligence agencies access to telephone calls, internet traffic and...

Jon Brodkin reports: AT&T and Verizon lost an attempt to overturn fines for selling users’ real-time location data without consent, as the Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission process for issuing financial penalties did not violate the right to a jury trial. AT&T convinced the US Court of Appeals for the 5th...

Greg Bensinger reports: Amazon was sued on Monday by a Virginia resident over what he said were privacy violations after the company’s Ring doorbell cameras at friends and ​family members’ homes collected and stored images of his face using facial recognition ‌software. The plaintiff, Charles Sigwalt, who is seeking class-action status, sued Amazon in federal...

Dutch News reports: Around two-thirds of Dutch parents use an app or device to track where their children are, according to a survey by broadcaster RTL Nieuws – a habit that child development experts warn can give a false sense of security. In the survey of RTL’s viewer panel, 65% of parents with children aged...

Lindsey Tonsager, Laura Kim, Bryan Ramirez & Clare Mathias of Covington and Burling write: On May 27, 2026, the Connecticut governor signed SB 4, an omnibus privacy law, which among other things, amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), establishes a data broker registry and accessible deletion mechanism, imposes restrictions on the use of price setting devices and...

Margaret Attridge reports: The Nevada Supreme Court granted a victory to reproductive health advocates and abortion providers Thursday, blocking enforcement of a 1985 state law restricting abortion for minors. Reversing a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction, an en banc panel of justices ruled Nevada Senate Bill 510 — passed in 1985, never enforced and...