The U.K.'s Online Safety Act took effect last Friday, putting age gates on content deemed unsuitable for minors, including pornography. The move has triggered a backlash from some users, but age ...

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California this week sued to fine a data-harvesting company, in a rare step to put muscle behind one of the strongest online ...

In the last few years, a wave of state-level data privacy laws has swept across the United States. What started with California’s landmark Consumer Privacy Act has ...

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the state will look into tightening data privacy laws following the release of ...

The Robert F. Peckham Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Jose, CA. (Matt Simons/Courthouse News) SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — NetChoice, a powerful tech lobbying group, clashed with the California ...

New Louisiana law allows hundreds of officials to sue over online posts containing personal information. Violators face criminal penalties, including fines and possible jail time. Critics say the ...