Topic: United States
MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Florida law limiting what doctors can say about guns to their patients, saying it violated free speech protections under the Constitution.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke in Miami granted a preliminary injunction ...
After being vetoed twice by the prior administration, a bill that updates California's pioneering data breach notification law was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown.After being vetoed twice by the prior administration, a bill that updates California's pioneering data breach ...
Amid a hodgepodge of national laws, calls for a global data exchange standard grow louder as sensitive data traverses national boundaries.Amid a hodgepodge of national laws, calls for a global data exchange standard grow louder, reports Greg Masters.Pirates continue to plunder the ...
Another federal data breach notification bill has cleared a U.S. House subcommittee, but both parties are clashing over what constitutes personal information.A House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday approved legislation that would establish a national data breach notification law and require companies ...
Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint will pay $100,000 to settle a data breach that exposed the personal information of 32,000 of its Indiana customers.Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint will pay $100,000 to settle a data breach that exposed the personal information of 32,000 Indiana ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of consumer and privacy groups is pressing the Senate for stronger legislation to ensure that consumers' private information is kept safe.In particular, the groups, which include the American Civil Liberties Union, Consumer Action and U.S. PIRG, argued ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service.The feature, which Facebook automatically enabled for Facebook users, has been expanded ...
WILMINGTON, Delaware/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp could face legal action across the globe after it belatedly revealed one of the biggest online data breaches ever.In the United States, several members of Congress seized on the breach, in which hackers stole names, ...
The Texas comptroller's office on Wednesday will begin notifying 3.5 million state employees and retirees that their unencrypted personal data was inadvertently posted to a public server.The Texas comptroller's office on Wednesday will begin notifying millions of state employees and retirees that ...
When cashiers ask for personal information, it's okay to decline.When cashiers ask for personal information, it's okay to decline.California shoppers who pay with plastic will be a little less forthcoming with cashiers, thanks to a state Supreme Court ruling prohibiting merchants from ...
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