Every state in the USA today has its own laws on personal data, and therefore citizens are not protected in any way in the matter of the safety of confidential information. The adoption of a single federal law can solve the problem, experts in this field believe. The closest analogue is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which operates in the European Union.According to Wirecutter, at the moment the situation with personal data in the…

The Chinese authorities have tightened the requirements for the protection of personal data. Since November, a new law will come into force in China, which will allow tracking only the necessary minimum of information. After the news of the adoption of the law, the shares of local technology companies began to fall in price.

In China, developers will no longer be able to force users to share personal data in exchange for access to the application. Now, in case of refusal, people will still be able to access this or that program. The new rules will come into force on May 1.TechCrunch reports that this became known from a joint document of four local regulators — the Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of…