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Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means it's up to the states to enforce the laws.

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Massachusetts and Indiana, the only two U.S. states that independently sued Equifax over the massive data breach that occurred in 2017, have settled with the credit reporting agency for a total of close to $40 million. The Equifax data breach affected roughly 147 million people.

Last week, the state House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation - House Bill 1143 - stipulating that employers can't force their employees to have an ID or tracking chip implanted in their bodies as a condition of employment. As the Indiana Lawyer reports, Morrison said that he wants to be sure employers don't "Overstep their bounds" by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana will be home to the Midwest’s first National Guard cyber battalion, according to officials. read more

A northwestern Indiana hospital system is warning more than 68,000 patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health records, may have been exposed during a...

Officials of an Indiana county say they are trying to determine the extent of a malware attack on the county’s computers. Vigo County Commissioner Judith Anderson says commissioners were informed...

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LaPorte County, Indiana, reported Sunday that it had been affected by a malware attack. County Commission President Dr. Vidya Kora announced that county employees and the public needing to access...

The Internet of Things increases the risk of cyber attacks. Here's what companies need to do to stay safe, according to John Wechsler, founder of the Indiana IoT Lab.