The commission would no longer have the authority to enforce its privacy regulations for common carriers such as AT&T and Verizon.

The crackdown comes as lawmakers look to update children's privacy protections.

“[T]here is no effective way to control these tools absent intervention by regulators and Congress,” the lawmakers said of data brokers.

The senators warn the resilience of the healthcare sector is a matter of life-or-death right now.

A new bill introduced on Friday aims to create a voluntary cybersecurity certification program to "independently identify, verify, and label compliant Internet-of-Things devices with strong cybersecurity standards."

The U.S. government’s latest efforts to protect internet-connected cars and their passengers from hackers is being criticized by two senators who say the new voluntary guidelines don’t…