Any of these business attributes or activities will subject an American company to the requirements of the European Unions new privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

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A Rhode Island software company that sells primarily to businesses is nonetheless making sure it complies with a strict California law about consumers' privacy.

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What happens when a state agency decides to use a data-driven approach utilizing information from multiple sources to address a policy question?

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In Maryland, police departments must report whom they stop and search. But the statistics police departments around the state are filing are incomplete and unreliable.

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The U.S. Census Bureau has been collecting economic data for more than 200 years. But that data has been difficult to access for the average person who wants to open a new business or expand an existing one. During a ...

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In a first-of-a-kind case, the Federal Trade Commission is targeting a data broker for allegedly selling sensitive consumer information — including bank account numbers — to marketers that authorities said the broker knew had no legitimate need for it.

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State health officials on Wednesday approved $2 million in additional funding for the entity that collects and analyzes hospital data.

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore has joined Optum Labs, a research collaborative comprised of health care organizations that share data to improve care delivery and patient outcomes.

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A huge new paperwork headache for the government could also be jeopardizing coverage for some of the millions of people who just got health insurance under President Barack Obama's law.

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The White House is asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would add more safeguards for Americans' data and provide more protections for emails sought in the course of a law enforcement investigation.

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