Utah Governor Spencer Cox has officially signed a new data protection act into law. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) echoes similar legislation in California, Colorado, and Virginia, and will […]

Virginia lawmakers are reportedly planning to lift a police facial recognition ban less than a year after it was passed. The law was passed with strong bipartisan support last March, […]

Massachusetts lawmakers are still waiting on a report from a commission that was set up to investigate the state’s use of facial recognition software. The commission was green-lit as a […]

The state of Connecticut is trying to encourage better cybersecurity practices with a new law that offers certain legal protections to businesses that meet a recognized cybersecurity standard. The aptly-named […]

The most populous county in Washington state has voted unanimously to restrict the use of facial recognition technology by all local government agencies, with the council’s executive saying he is […]

The Illinois House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make fingerprint checks mandatory for anyone hoping to purchase a firearm. As it stands, residents currently need to apply […]

Virginia lawmakers have passed new regulations restricting the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, though the move has already led to some pushback from law enforcement officials. The […]

Utah’s facial recognition bill has officially made it through both houses of the state legislature after clearing the House of Representatives on Thursday. The bill previously made it through the […]

A Utah State Senate committee has advanced a bill that would place some relatively mild restrictions on the government’s use of facial recognition. The bill will now move to the […]