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Officials from the executive and legislative branches joined internet and tech advocates at the “State of the Net” conference, hosted by the Internet Education Foundation. Topics included ch…

The House Administration Committee held a hearing on digital privacy and protecting consumer data. Witnesses, who included the head of the Government Publishing Office, shared best practices…

A government official and artificial intelligence experts testified at a hearing on private sector use of facial recognition technology and the potential privacy and security implications of…

Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, talked about data privacy and whether the U.S. government and companies such as Equifax and Capital One…

The New Democrat Coalition Action Fund hosted a policy conference with several Democratic members of Congress to discuss their party’s agenda for the first session of the 116th Congress as w…

Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) and others participated in a discussion on what is known as “revenge porn,” the distribution of explicit images of a person without consent. Representativ…

Panelists talked about encryption issues and policy, and what federal officials and lawmakers should do to encourage continued technological advances while protecting the rule of law. Daniel…

Representatives from the technology sector and federal, state, and local governments discussed the use of smart technology, especially the “Internet of things” (IoT) and its potential applic…

Two panels discussed recent changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). New regulations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) went into effect July 1, 2013. The first …

Witnesses testified about preparations for the 2010 U.S. Census. They focused on the costs of the 2010 Census, methods under consideration to reduce costs for the 2020 Census, and transition…

Witnesses examined the feasibility of establishing a mechanism that provides Internet users a simple and universal method to opt-out from having their online activity tracked by data-gatheri…