WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration says it is installing technology in some U.S. airports to allow travelers to go through checkpoint security and have a generic outline of the body to be shown instead of an image of a naked body.

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The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing new privacy rules governing protected health information accounting procedures under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The proposed rules would implement new provisions ...

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In a rising trend, states across the country are enacting and considering legislation addressing the privacy risks associated with digital office equipment like copiers, hard drives and even smartphones.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Misusing body scanner images would become a federal crime punishable by up to a year in prison under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Senate, an attempt by lawmakers to address concerns raised by some travelers.

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CINCINNATI — An attorney sees a court’s opinion upholding e-mail privacy as potentially groundbreaking and possibly helpful to his client, the founder of a company that sold male enhancement pills.

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JERUSALEM — Google’s global privacy counsel says he’s surprised by how few people choose to control what ads are steered their way — a tool which the Internet search giant launched, albeit with minimal fanfare, over the past year.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Weighing privacy vs. security after 9/11, the Supreme Court seemed unwilling Tuesday to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations — even those who don’t have security clearances and don’t work on secret projects.

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Another U.S. Supreme Court term is in the record books. While some decisions — such as the Second Amendment ruling that struck down Chicago’s handgun ban ...

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When the U.S. Supreme Court took up the case City of Ontario v. Quon, the legal world braced for the justices to rule on whether employees have a privacy interest in the messages they send on employer-issued mobile devices.

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A little-known state law allowing the resale of tickets for profit expired May 15, at least temporarily creating chaos and uncertainty for resellers and consumers doing business in New York.

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NEW YORK CITY — Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls amid growing unrest from many of its users. Protesters have been organizing campaigns to quit Facebook and privacy groups have complained to regulators ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading text messages they sent on their employers’ account.

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