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Facebook, Inc. will pay a record-breaking $5 billion penalty, and submit to new restrictions and a modified corporate structure that will hold the company accountable for the decisions it makes about its users’ privacy.

NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking industry comments on its newly released draft guidance for corporate-owned personally enabled (COPE) mobile devices.

The Biometrics Institute is calling for a balanced dialogue to demystify biometrics, with the release of the results of its Biometrics Institute Industry Survey. 

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) introduced the Wireless Infrastructure Resiliency during Emergencies and Disasters (WIRED) Act, legislation to allow states to require wireless companies to deploy resilient infrastructure in order for cellphone networks to better withstand disasters.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler and Sen. Kamala Harris are introducing a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.

Students of a Texas school district must drug tests before they are allowed to take part in certain extracurricular activities.

Kaspersky has uncovered a significant rise in the use of malware designed to harvest consumers’ digital data, known as password stealers.

The Utah Attorney General announced a historic $600 million nationwide settlement with Equifax concerning the 2017 Equifax data breach affecting more than 147 million Americans, and more than 1.2 million Utahns

UPS said it created a new subsidiary called UPS Flight Forward to construct its drone deliveries service.