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...

Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 22, 2026, the House Energy & Commerce Committee announced the introduction of and intention to advance the “Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement over Data Act” (the “SECURE Data Act”). The SECURE Data Act, which was crafted by the majority committee members’ Privacy Working Group, would replace the...

Privacy scholar Daniel Solove writes: I’m pleased to share the final version of my article, “Against Privacy Essentialism” 104 N.C. L. Rev. 613 (2026). In this article, I examine a foundational question: What is privacy? It is a question that has challenged scholars, courts, and policymakers for years, and for good reason. How privacy is defined...

A press release issued on March 17 by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has committed to implementing measures to help ensure that international sport federations and other anti-doping organizations do not use highly sensitive personal information collected from athletes and that is under WADA’s control for purposes other...