By Adrianne Appel2024-05-03T21:20:00
The bipartisan consumer data privacy bill recently floated in Congress has steep hills to climb if it’s ever going to become law, but that’s no reason for businesses to delay their privacy tune-ups.
The “American Privacy Rights Act” (APRA), released by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), has been promoted as the comprehensive federal legislation needed to safeguard consumer privacy in an aggressive, online advertising environment.
Many businesses would welcome a federal privacy law after contending with a growing patchwork of different state laws that now numbers 16, as tracked by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
2024-05-02T14:57:00Z By Neil Hodge
The General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for nearly six years. Some industries—and some companies—have been more prone to fall foul of the rules than others.
2024-04-17T15:09:00Z By Neil Hodge
The implications of a privacy rights case involving a U.K.-based Uber Eats driver underscore a popular belief that companies prioritize protecting the personal information of their customers over the data rights of their employees.
2024-04-08T20:39:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A bipartisan consumer privacy bill released by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) would provide the broad, comprehensive protections businesses and Americans have called for, according to the lawmakers.
2025-10-15T19:43:00Z By Jaclyn Jaeger
Under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have been hellbent on eliminating synthetic food dyes from food and beverage products, forcing a jarring and costly overhaul with cascading impacts on the operations of the entire industry.
2025-10-08T20:08:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Private companies that are keen to trade their shares but do not wish to become listed have gained another way to trade their shares. The U.K. government completed its initial review and published rules for the system in June.
2025-10-03T21:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
While the Trump administration may have shifted away from pursuing small, white-collar, financial crimes, its focus on health care fraud cases is as hot as ever.
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