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Zuckerberg Will Be Questioned By Recipients Of Facebook Campaign Contributions
Facebook // April 06, 2018

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned on user privacy protection next week, many of the members of the House and Senate committees in charge of getting answers are lawmakers who have received campaign contributions from company employees and the Facebook PAC. According to CNBC,...

Data Breach Notification Legislation Moves Forward
News // April 16, 2015

The controversial data breach notification legislation made its way past the committee level yesterday (April 15) when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure 29-20. The Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015, which was sponsored by Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democrat...

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House Committee Votes to Aid Defense of TikTok Ban

July 11, 2024
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee reportedly voted Thursday (July 11) to give the Justice Department a transcript of a closed-door hearing about threats posed by TikTok. The release of the transcript is meant to help the Justice Department defend a law that requires TikTok’s China-based owner, ByteDance, to sell the app’s U.S. operations, Reuters reported Thursday. The transcript […]

Zuckerberg Will Be Questioned By Recipients Of Facebook Campaign Contributions

April 06, 2018
When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is questioned on user privacy protection next week, many of the members of the House and Senate committees in charge of getting answers are lawmakers...

Data Breach Notification Legislation Moves Forward

April 16, 2015
The controversial data breach notification legislation made its way past the committee level yesterday (April 15) when the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure 29-20. The Data Security and...