Lynn Stanton reports: Stakeholders are seeking the elimination of a broad swath of FCC rules they argue are unnecessary and harmful to competition, deployment, and innovation, including some related to cybersecurity, privacy, and data breach reporting. Parties were responding to a public notice in GN docket 25-133, the FCC’s broad “delete, delete, delete” deregulatory proceeding…
Judge Blocks Cities From Defending HHS Abortion Privacy Rule
Ian Lopez reports: A federal judge in Texas shot down a request from two liberal cities and a physician group to defend a Biden administration abortion rule in a lawsuit should the Trump administration drop out of the case. Doctors for America and the cities of Madison, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio, “fail to demonstrate a…
South Africa Introduces Mandatory e-Portal Reporting for Data Breaches
Dan Cooper, Benjamin Haley, Deon Govender, Ahmed Mokdad, and Mosa Mkhize of Covington and Burling write: On April 7, 2025, South Africa’s Information Regulator announced a new requirement for organizations to report data breaches—referred to under local law as “security compromises”—via an online eServices Portal. The announcement marks a significant procedural shift in how companies must comply with…
Privacy on the Map: How States Are Fighting Location Surveillance
Rindala Alajaji of EFF writes: Your location data isn’t just a pin on a map—it’s a powerful tool that reveals far more than most people realize. It can expose where you work, where you pray, who you spend time with, and, sometimes dangerously, where you seek healthcare. In today’s world, your most private movements are…