A forgotten provision in a European law regulating smart devices and cloud platforms goes into effect Friday, catching many ...

The New York Child Data Protection Act, a landmark state law to protect children’s privacy online, officially went into effect on Friday. The new law (S.7695B/A.8149A), which was sponsored by State ...

Six years after the Indian Supreme Court recognised a fundamental right to privacy, the country finally has comprehensive data protection legislation in the form of the Digital Personal Data ...

Botswana's newly enacted Data Protection Act provides a robust framework for safeguarding personal data. This statement was originally published on misa.org on 17 January 2025. The Act replaces the ...

President Donald Trump has signed the bipartisan Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808) into law, officially curbing ...

While the Act provides clarity to users on how their data can be used by corporations, it also provides clarity to companies (including startups) on how they must deal with users’ personal data, and ...

As Income Tax Act 2025 aims to widen the definition of computer system to ensure better access to digital data for tax evaders, government will follow protocols as per the Digital Data Protection Act, ...

We are living in a time when personal dignity is just a click away from violation. The ease with which deepfakes, intimate photos, and AI-generated information can be produced, disseminated, and used ...

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This bill focuses on protecting a consumer's personally identifiable information (PII). The bill will require that organizations which collect, sell, disclose, or use consumer's PII for a purpose ...