- Maine Senate Passes Broad Privacy Bill
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 6, 2026
"If enacted, LD 1822 would make the state's approach to privacy ...
- Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Ads Targeting Minors Under 17
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 5, 2026
The Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act would expand the curre ...
- Meta Sued For Using Smart Glasses To Collect X-Rated User Content
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, March 5, 2026
Meta is being sued for allegedly collecting sensitive content from users ...
- School Ticketing Platform Fined $1.1 Million Over Alleged Privacy Violations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Ticketing platform PlayOn Sports, which sells tickets to school events, has agre ...
- Ad Biz To Virginia Governor: Veto Location Privacy Bill
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 2, 2026
"This sweeping ban would unnecessarily disrupt data practices that allow companies ...
- Virginia Bill Banning Sale Of Location Data Nears Final Passage
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 27, 2026
Lawmakers in Virginia's house unanimously passed a bill that would ban business ...
- Data Broker Kochava Reaches Privacy Deal With FTC Lawyers
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 26, 2026
If finalized, the deal will resolve charges that Kochava sells the ty ...
- FTC Endorses Age-Verification Tech
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 26, 2026
Web companies can collect personal information from young children in order ...
- Americans Aren't Shocked By Targeted Ads, 88% Expect Them
Research Intelligencer, Robert Williams - Friday, February 27, 2026
Your audience knows you are targeting them and they are not runni ...
- California Bill Would Pay Privacy Whistleblowers
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 25, 2026
A new California bill would give tech company employees and contractors financi ...
- Smartphone Users Battle Meta Over 'Brazen Plot' To Identify Web Surfers
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Meta should be required to face claims that it engaged in ...
- Discord Ditches Age-Verification Partner Following User Backlash
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, February 23, 2026
Discord has distanced itself from leading third-party age verification partner Persona followi ...
- Facebook Users Petition Court To Revive Antitrust Claims
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 20, 2026
Facebook users say they should have been allowed to argue to ...
- Meta Secures More Nvidia AI Chips, Advances 'Superintelligence' Goal
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Meta has expanded its partnership with chip manufacturer Nvidia, with plans ...
- Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Banning Sale Of Location Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 18, 2026
The Maine House of Representatives has narrowly passed a privacy bill th ...
- Oklahoma Moves To Limit AI Images Of Real People
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously advanced a bill that would criminalize creating artifici ...
- Watchdog To Court: Uphold NY Algorithmic Pricing Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 17, 2026
"The state's power to mandate commercial disclosures is especially important in t ...
- Meta Renews Battle With FTC Over Teen Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 16, 2026
Meta argues in new court papers that the FTC lacks the authori ...
- Amazon's Ring Cancels Partnership With Police Tech Company
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, February 15, 2026
One social media user called it "the quiet rollout of a nation ...
- New York AG Urges Court To Uphold Algorithmic Pricing Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 13, 2026
The law "allows consumers to make more informed purchasing decisions," New Yo ...
- Meta Eyes Controversial Facial Recognition For Smart Glasses
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, February 13, 2026
Meta is reportedly planning to integrate controversial biometric facial-recognition tech into i ...
- Appeals Court Endorses Oracle Privacy Settlement
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 13, 2026
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Oracle's $115 million settlement ...
- California Fines Disney For Alleged Privacy Violations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 12, 2026
"In a tale as old as time, Disney placed its profits ov ...
- Texas Claims Snapchat Deceives Parents
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims in a new lawsuit that Sn ...
- Google Presses Judge To Lift Data-Sharing Mandate
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 9, 2026
"The public interest favors a stay because non-parties have an interest ...
- Old Rules, New Tools Create Friction In Advertising's AI Era
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 9, 2026
Media experts with old values, judgment and tools and U.S. legislation a ...
- A Flickr Of A Leak: Video Service Finds Security Gap On Part Of Third-Party Vendor
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, February 9, 2026
Names and email addresses may have been exposed, but not passwords, Flic ...
- Advocacy Group Blasts Google Bid To Lift Data-Sharing Order
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 6, 2026
Public Knowledge is urging a judge to reject Google's request to li ...
- Microsoft's BitLocker Helps Law Enforcement Unlock Encrypted Data
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 6, 2026
Microsoft confirmed that it provided its BitLocker recovery keys to federal investigato ...
- Virginia Senate Passes Bill Banning Sales Of Location Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 5, 2026
The ad industry opposes the bill, arguing it "would deprive Virginia consume ...