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U.S. companies haven’t learned much from the missteps they made while preparing for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, says a new study on data privacy regulation compliance.

A data leak at First American, the largest real estate title insurance company in the United States, has exposed the transaction records of about 900 million customers.

Fort Lee in Prince George's County has implemented a 100-percent ID scan for every visitor at every access point.

The size of the safety and security staff at Columbus City Schools is increasing by more than 50 percent, says a news report. 

Harrow Council in the UK has successfully trialied a drug-test technology that uses fingerprints alone.

The State Education Department said that it is not allowing the Lockport City School District to use or test its facial recognition security system. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients and health care providers that certain Medtronic MiniMed insulin pumps are being recalled due to potential cybersecurity risks and recommends that patients using these models switch their insulin pump to models that are better equipped to protect against these potential risks. 

ocal school districts in New York are upgrading their technology thanks to a $2 billion Smart School Bond Act. 

In an effort to tighten data storage practices and data breaches, a bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo, Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight And Regulations on Data (DASHBOARD) Act, will require data harvesting companies such as social media platforms to tell consumers and financial regulators exactly what data they are collecting from consumers, and how it is being leveraged by the platform for profit.