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The HIPAA Journal is offering a free security risk assessment resource aimed at helping covered entities and business associates evaluate threats to protected health information. The tool is designed to walk organizations through identifying risks, estimating likelihood, and addressing gaps in their HIPAA security posture.
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The California Privacy Protection Agency has posted career opportunities on its official government site.
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A compliance roundup covering the week of July 27 to August 1, 2026 addresses three intersecting regulatory areas: the EU AI Act, health data privacy, and employment law reform in the United Kingdom.
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Italy has introduced a new facial recognition policy that has prompted debate over whether it complies with European Union law. The move is drawing scrutiny from privacy advocates and legal experts across the bloc.
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Legislatures across multiple states and at the federal level have been actively advancing privacy protections for minors in 2026, with a notable split emerging between different regulatory approaches to app marketplace oversight. The activity continues a years-long wave of children's privacy lawmaking that has accelerated since 2023.
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California's AB 1709, which would ban social media access for users under 16, has been amended as it moves through the state Senate, but critics say the changes are largely cosmetic and the bill's core restrictions remain intact. Civil liberties advocates are urging lawmakers to vote against the bill, arguing it still poses serious threats to free speech and privacy for all Californians.
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The Senate Commerce Committee is weighing the SCREEN Act, a federal bill that would require online platforms to verify users' ages before allowing access to sexually explicit content. Critics say its broad scope, with no threshold requiring that a site be primarily explicit material, would pull millions of ordinary users into mandatory identity checks to access lawful speech.
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California has launched a new data privacy program that requires data brokers to delete personal information within 90 days of a deletion request. The program creates a formal process for residents to act against brokers who collect and sell their personal data.
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The Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA) and data privacy law are intersecting in ways that affect how cosmetics companies collect, use, and protect consumer information. The overlap creates compliance considerations for businesses operating under both regulatory frameworks.
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Breach data from Newfoundland and Labrador, presented at IAPP Canada, points to email as a persistent and significant vector for privacy incidents. The figures offer a ground-level look at how organizations in the province are actually losing control of personal information.
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Madison Square Garden operates a facial recognition system that scans all visitors and flags certain activists, including those who oppose facial recognition technology. The system was reportedly disabled during a Taylor Swift event, even as Swift herself has used similar technology at her own concerts to identify stalkers.
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Australia's privacy regulator has issued clarifying guidance on how retailers may lawfully use facial recognition technology, setting out expectations for compliance with existing privacy rules. The move responds to growing retail adoption of the technology for loss prevention and security purposes.
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Parents in Knox County are voicing data privacy concerns as local officials prepare to vote on a new policy governing screen use, likely in schools. The debate centers on what data is collected from children through devices or platforms connected to the policy.
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Tennessee legislators are weighing new rules on license plate readers amid concerns about how the data they collect is stored, shared, and used. The debate reflects broader tension between law enforcement utility and the privacy of people whose movements are passively recorded.
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At the IAPP Europe conference, discussions centered on enforcement of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, along with renewed debate over proposals to scan private messages for child sexual abuse material. The sessions reflected ongoing tension between platform accountability, market regulation, and the limits of digital privacy in Europe.
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As artificial intelligence tools move into financial services, industry observers and regulators are flagging three main concerns: the risk of overregulation stifling adoption, algorithmic bias affecting lending and credit decisions, and the exposure of sensitive personal financial data.
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A new episode of the Privacy Perspectives podcast from Kelley Drye & Warren addresses the expansion of data broker laws and whether more businesses may now fall under their scope.
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Wellstar Health System has agreed to a $4.25 million settlement to resolve a data privacy lawsuit, pending judicial approval. The agreement would compensate individuals affected by the underlying privacy dispute involving the Georgia-based healthcare network.
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Australia's Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has released updated guidance addressing how retailers may lawfully deploy facial recognition technology in physical store environments. The guidance sets out the privacy obligations retailers must meet when using this technology on customers and members of the public.
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The National Law Review has published attorney guidance aimed at businesses facing legal exposure under the California Privacy Rights Act. The piece focuses on defense strategies for companies that find themselves targeted by CPRA enforcement or litigation.
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Australian authorities have issued clarification on the legal conditions under which retailers are permitted to deploy facial recognition technology, setting out when such use complies with existing privacy rules. The guidance addresses a gap that had left both businesses and consumers uncertain about the boundaries of biometric surveillance in commercial spaces.
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Health100 has received an industry accreditation recognizing its practices around consumer data privacy and security. The specific accrediting body and standards involved are not detailed in the available information.
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Peter McLaughlin, a privacy attorney widely respected within the field, has died. The International Association of Privacy Professionals remembered him with a tribute describing him as the best in the profession.
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Conversations held with Anthropic's Claude AI assistant have reportedly been exposed in ways that allow search engines to index them, raising concerns about whether user interactions with the chatbot are being treated as private. The incident points to a gap between what users expect when they type into an AI chat interface and how that data may actually be handled or surfaced.
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