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US lawmakers unveil a plan to give all Americans a right to online privacy

Posted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Apr 8, 2024

If it succeeds, the proposal could establish the US equivalent of the European Union’s landmark privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

States enacting protections against data breaches – here’s what NC is proposing

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 6, 2020

With no federal legislation regarding data breaches in place, states have taken it upon themselves to introduce laws and regulations mandating what companies must do in the case of the data breach. In North Carolina, that could mean major fines for failing to report.

Companies ramping up investments in data and cyber security, says leadership survey

Posted by WRAL News | Jun 6, 2018

Companies are boosting their investments in cybersecurity to avoid breaches and become compliant with new regulations.

Here’s why privacy policy updates have been popping up on websites and in your inbox

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 28, 2018

If you feel like you’ve been seeing an unusual amount of privacy policy updates popping up on your favorite websites or in your inbox, you’re not going crazy.

U.S. news outlets, including WRAL sites, block European readers over new privacy rules

Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 25, 2018

U.S. news outlets abruptly blocked access to their websites from Europe on Friday, choosing to black out readers rather than comply with a strict new data privacy law in the European Union that limits what information can be collected about people online.