A new Federal Communications Commission settlement with T-Mobile who has suffered multiple data breaches requires the major carrier to upgrade its business practices. 

The full implications of the recent case are outlined in the commission's statement that accompanied the settlement, where the FCC indicated that the extensive cybersecurity measures T-Mobile agreed to will "serve as a model for the mobile telecommunications industry." 

In April of this year, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) to establish comprehensive national standards national framework for data privacy in the United States. APRA aims to unify data privacy standards across the country.

Ticketmaster acknowledged in May that hackers stole 560 million customers’ data for ransom. In a a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on May 20th, the company confirmed unauthorized activity. Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, said it had “identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment.”

The FTC recently announced that it is referring its investigation into TikTok to the Justice Department, with allegations that the social media app is violating children’s privacy regulations.

On May 17, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 24-205) (CAIA), regulating the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

On April 2, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency issued its first Enforcement Advisory 2024-01, reminding businesses that data minimization is a foundational principle of the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA).

Recent privacy concerns regarding Home Depot’s sharing of personal data between 2018 and October 2022 with Meta, which operates social media giants Facebook and Instagram is clearly a widespread issue that has alarmed privacy regulators and the public.