Meta will pay a record $1.4 billion to settle a biometrics-related lawsuit in Texas. In a Tuesday (July 30) news release, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...
Imagine a world where machines make life-altering decisions about your health, your job prospects and even your freedom. That world isn’t science fiction — it’s...
Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking to learn more about companies’ use of personal data to categorize individuals and set individualized prices for the...
A Nigerian regulator has fined Meta $220 million, saying the privacy policy of the company’s WhatsApp violated the country’s data and privacy laws. The Federal...
As a fringe group of consumers gets microchips implanted in their hands to make payments without using any external devices, time will prove whether these...
As artificial intelligence reshapes the tech landscape, regulators and lawmakers are scrambling to keep pace. Microsoft’s withdrawal from OpenAI’s board, an upcoming Senate hearing on...
Every time you swipe a credit card, click on a website or carry your phone, you leave behind digital breadcrumbs. For most people, this trail...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra took note during his Wednesday appearance before the Senate Banking Committee that companies including PayPal and JPMorgan are...