Courts have repeatedly struck down states’ child safety bills. Looking to past cases gives lawmakers a better playbook for future legislation.

Takeaways from a recent on-the-record briefing with the company’s representatives on the progress of Project Texas.

The Senate’s passage of H.R. 7888 came as some providers threatened to stop cooperating in the event of a lapse.

The comment period for the Commerce Department’s new rules for cloud service providers ends today, and policymakers will sift through the feedback before issuing final rules before the end of the year.

The law’s survival doesn’t hinge on the level of constitutional scrutiny. And the main issue isn’t really data privacy; it’s Chinese influence.

Federal courts may eliminate Fourth Amendment protections for cell phone data based on dubious claims about Google’s Location History.

The House narrowly rejected a warrant requirement in a bill that reauthorizes FISA Section 702 for two years.

The House is focused on important risks from the sale of Americans’ data, but legislators can pursue more comprehensive data brokerage measures.

New data suggests that the public is broadly accepting of targeted facial recognition use even as it is concerned about casual facial surveillance becoming an everyday event.