The European Union needs new laws to ensure facial recognition technology use protects citizens’ privacy, company, academic and government officials said at a conference in Brussels.

Four of the five biggest U.S. technology giants boosted their lobbying spending last year as they battled charges of unfair competition, sought to shape privacy legislation and pursued large government contracts in an increasingly hostile Washington.

Debt collectors can’t place the words “TIME SENSITIVE DOCUMENT” on the outside of their collection letters, the Seventh Circuit said.

A cyber attack on one of the biggest U.S. banks could affect the liquidity of almost 40% of the nation’s banking system, an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found.

The U.K.'s data regulator unveiled 15 standards tech companies must meet to protect children’s online privacy or risk enforcement.

The National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers were hit with a proposed class action alleging the organization sent spam marketing texts in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.