Senators Klobuchar and Murkowski introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act, which would govern the collection of health information by wearables, social media, DTC genetic testing, and other technologies.

U.S. Senators call for a data security law after the Marriott breach.

A federal court in California found that customers have the right to sue Facebook over a 2016 data breach—even though the leaked information was publicly available —potentially signaling an expansion of consumers’ ability to maintain data breach class actions.

Californians are accustomed to seeing a terrifying Prop 65 warning, even at Starbucks.

In other biometric news, Home Depot was sued under BIPA by consumers who say the company collected “faceprints” and followed them around the store.

A group of CEOs urged Congress to pass national privacy legislation. Here are their suggestions.