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Data Privacy in the United States: A Recap of 2023 Developments

Centraleyes

2023 marked a surge in comprehensive state data privacy laws. At the beginning of the year, only five states—California, Colorado, Virginia, Utah, and Connecticut—had comprehensive data privacy legislation. Seven additional states enacted comprehensive laws, and Florida passed a narrower version of a comprehensive privacy law.

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Explained: Privacy washing

Malwarebytes

Changing data retention practices to make auto-delete the default. Data are the most coveted currency of our era, and technology giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon are considered the behemoths of the data gathering industry. Some of the most personal and secretive troves of data rank as the most expensive.