Connecticut Attorney General William Tong recently recommended that the state’s lawmakers strengthen a statewide privacy law enacted two years ago, including by sending “warning letters” to violators…

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said lawmakers can go further to protect consumer data by making additions to the state's data privacy law.

In a recent survey, many Americans said they don't think the government is doing enough to safeguard their data.

A new report from NASCIO outlines how state chief privacy officers can develop statewide privacy programs from scratch, regardless of their IT structures.

Most school districts' student data privacy programs are led by administrators with limited training in privacy, according to a new report.

The broad geographic scope offered by a bill recently sent to the desk of Gov. Kathy Hochul would give New York some of the most thorough health…

The data of 61,000 people was compromised by improper access by state employees, who've since been fired by the state government.

The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology says schools should review their policies ahead of a new presidential administration that has promised to ramp up immigration enforcement.

Several school districts have committed to a new student data privacy program led by the Consortium for School Networking.

Privacy researcher Muge Fazlioglu says many states are exhibiting new "digressions" from the state privacy law templates of years past.