Departments of Motor Vehicles across the United States have been selling personal information to thousands of companies, including insurance agencies, towing companies and even private investigators.

A bill introduced in Congress would let the FTC require and monitor procedures by big companies to audit algorithms for fairness and accuracy.

Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service has had a data breach after an unauthorized user accessed the online provider portal with the intent of fraudulently rerouting a provider financial transaction.

CHIME, a professional association for chief information officers, and AEHiS, which represents chief information security officers, seek tighter control of devices for security purposes.

With the California mandate to take effect by January 2020 and a potential new U.S. federal privacy law that could supersede it, firms need to start taking stock of their privacy practices.

The regulation will impact the national and global economy, representing a seismic change for compliance procedures in the US, similar to how GDPR has changed privacy rules globally.

The Digital Footprint service is designed to identify, secure, and control personal data.

Blockchain use fundamentally changes the way that different constituencies -- including insurers and departments of insurance -- interact.

The landscape shifts with which the insurance industry is currently contending include new developments in both technology and consumer behavior.

IBM allegedly used location data for targeted advertising and to identify trends for hedge funds, while telling consumers their location would only be used to localize forecasts.