States don’t hold our information passively—they are stewards—responsible for safeguarding it against uses that undermine public confidence or expose individuals to risk. Granting data requests ...

Between 2020 and 2024, 20 states enacted comprehensive data privacy laws, and many observers assumed 2025 would see continued proliferation.

A federal executive order (EO) issued in March has created questions about the government’s right to access states’ data — especially in cases where that information was collected with a promise of ...

The continued absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law once again positioned state legislatures as the primary forces behind data privacy developments in the U.S. this year. In 2025, eight new ...

(Editor’s note: The federal government has removed several web pages linked to in this brief. Where possible, links to archived versions have been inserted.) Data are the cornerstone of public health ...

While most state data breach notification statutes contain similar components, there are important differences, meaning a one-size-fits-all approach to notification will not suffice. What’s more, as ...

The state Department of Health conducts initial lead testing for Washington public schools but doesn’t update its data after ...

BAY COUNTY, MI – New state data reveals how Bay County’s 2018 high school graduates fared in attaining four-year college degrees by 2024. The analysis compares local school districts to statewide ...