Digital Privacy

President Barack Obama proposed new legislation aimed at combating online fraud, protecting digital privacy and creating new corporate responsibilities in the event of data breaches.

European Union officials reached agreement Tuesday on a pan-European digital-privacy law, creating a strict new legal framework on how companies can use individuals’ personal information.

A new European digital privacy law could have serious consequences for online advertising in the region, threatening everyone from ad tech middlemen to publishers to Web giants like Google and Facebook

The sweeping new digital privacy regime that European Union officials agreed to runs counter to practices that have become commonplace in the U.S., according to several American corporations.

Following last month’s attacks in Paris, European Union officials are pressing big U.S. tech companies to free up surveillance access to their user data, marking a shift in the debate over privacy and security within the bloc.

Recent lawsuits filed by users against Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google highlight the risks that companies face as they adopt the technology as an alternative to the password​.

In the battle between privacy and security, you might think a breach of the iPhone would be a bad thing for the user—but experts say this is exactly how the system should work, writes Christopher Mims.

Here's your morning roundup of the biggest marketing, advertising and media industry news and happenings.

‘Encryption,’ coined in World War II, is built on centuries of code-making and code-breaking.

A most interesting crisis this week involves the franchise owners and operator of a Marriott hotel in Nashville, Tenn., sports reporter Erin Andrews, a stalker and hotel chain Marriott International.

Companies can now monitor their employees’ health and locations. But how should they use that information?

The Justice Department said Apple’s refusal to help open a phone used by one of the San Bernardino, Calif., shooters was partly based on the company’s marketing concerns, not on solid legal grounds.

Ford CIO Marcy Klevorn is forging a bridge between the automaker's more traditional elements, such as product and engineering, and newer software development groups both inside and outside the company.

Lawmakers struck a deal on must-pass federal spending legislation that quickly was revealed to be a fresh "Christmas tree" bill, full of regulatory ornaments.

After an unprecedented seven years of near-zero interest rates, we’re finally going to see whether the economy can stand on its own—and also how businesses will cope with the impacts.