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![Just 3 States Require a Biometric Privacy Policy [2026]](/_astro/how-many-privacy-policies-cover-biometric-data.Q-G745FF_1p6kTm.webp)
Only 3 of the 50 US states, Illinois, Texas, and Washington, have a dedicated biometric privacy statute in 2026, and just one of them requires the retention policy itself to be written down and made public. See how all 20 comprehensive state privacy laws now treat biometric data, per RecordingLaw's 2026 fifty-state comparison.
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A Washington federal court gave preliminary approval to a $6.1 million settlement over a data breach at a Planned Parenthood-affiliated testing lab that affected up to 1.6 million people.
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Tennessee's SB 1580 took effect July 1, 2026 and Hawaii's SB 3001 became Act 248 on July 14, 2026, but Washington's Chatbot Disclosure Act does not bind anyone until January 1, 2027. Here is what each law actually requires, per Governor Green's July 14 signing announcement.
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A generic SaaS terms of service template doesn't cover programmatic access. Here's what to add for rate limits, API keys, versioning, uptime language, and automated traffic.
Read article![56% Click Agree Without Reading Privacy Policies [2026]](/_astro/what-percentage-of-people-read-privacy-policies.CHu84ZWE_1WM3gc.webp)
Just 9% of Americans say they always read a privacy policy before agreeing to it, and 56% say they frequently click agree without reading it at all, according to Pew Research Center's 2019 and 2023 surveys. See the full reading-frequency breakdown and what reading every policy you encounter would actually cost.
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On April 14, 2026, France's CNIL published a final recommendation treating email tracking pixels like cookies, with a July 14, 2026 deadline for informing existing subscribers and letting them opt out.
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