US lawmakers have proposed the bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act that would govern the amount of data tech companies can collect on their customers. The proposed ...

A new national data privacy bill aims to give American citizens enforceable data privacy rights at a federal level, eliminating the patchwork of state laws that are currently in place. The ...

As Elon Musk’s DOGE continues to slash through the federal government, Democrats in the US Senate are calling for an update ...

The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from “unreasonable searches ... wherever there is a “reasonable expectation of privacy.” For instance, trash that is still inside a person's home ...

Three months into 2025, there appears to be no slowdown in the flood of privacy legislation being considered and enacted by both Congress and ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. A lawsuit was initiated by Citizens for Responsibility and ...

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools ...