🔒 Data Privacy Intelligence
Know your privacy rights, understand the laws that protect you, and learn how to spot companies that may be violating them.
📜 Key US Privacy Laws
California residents have the right to know what data is collected, request deletion, and opt out of data sale. Enforceable by the California AG.
Protects patient health information from being disclosed without consent. Applies to healthcare providers, insurers, and their business associates.
Protects the privacy of student education records. Parents and students over 18 have the right to access and correct records.
Requires parental consent before collecting personal data from children under 13. Applies to websites and apps directed at children.
Governs government wiretapping and surveillance of electronic communications. Widely considered outdated for the digital age.
The FTC uses Section 5 to enforce against companies that violate their own privacy policies or use deceptive data practices. Primary federal privacy enforcement tool.
Requires financial institutions to explain their information-sharing practices and protect customer data. Opt-out rights for some data sharing.
Expands CCPA. Creates the California Privacy Protection Agency, adds sensitive data protections, and gives consumers the right to correct inaccurate data.
🔍 Company Violation Spotter
Use this checklist to identify whether a company may be violating your privacy rights. Check any that apply to your experience with a company.
📢 How to Report Privacy Violations
Primary federal privacy enforcement agency. File a complaint at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Handles deceptive data practices, data breaches, and COPPA violations.
File Complaint ↗Handles HIPAA violations involving health data. File at hhs.gov/ocr/complaints.
File Complaint ↗Handles CCPA/CPRA complaints for California residents. Most robust state-level privacy enforcement in the US.
File Complaint ↗Many states have privacy laws and AGs who enforce them. Search '[Your State] Attorney General privacy complaint'.
Handles financial data privacy violations under GLBA and related laws.
File Complaint ↗FBI cybercrime and data breach complaints.
File Complaint ↗📋 Recent Privacy-Related Regulations
Amendment of Class C Airspace and Class E Airspace; Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
Published: 2026-05-14
Safety Standard for Toddler Beds
Published: 2026-05-14
Air Plan Approval; Ohio; Clean Data Determination for the Cleveland, Ohio Area for the 2015 Ozone Standard
Published: 2026-05-14
Establishment of the Nine Lakes of East Tennessee Viticultural Area
Published: 2026-03-24
Establishment of the Nashoba Valley Viticultural Area
Published: 2026-03-24