Businesses should be aware of unusual requirements in New Jersey draft rules for implementing the state’s comprehensive privacy law, several law firms warned in blog posts this month.
A North Carolina bill aimed at protecting children on social media cleared a House committee Tuesday. The Commerce Committee voted by voice to advance an amended HB-860 to the Appropriations Committee.
Last month’s Privacy Law Scholars Conference showed exploding interest in privacy, as well as growing concern about how the government may be weaponizing personal information, said PLSC Chair Ari Waldman in an interview with Privacy Daily earlier this month. The May 28-29 meeting was the privacy scholars’ first conference since penning a letter that raised concerns about the Trump administration.
A tech industry group on Friday ruled out the possibility that a rulemaking would alleviate its concerns with Vermont’s new age-appropriate design code law. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed S-69 on Thursday (see 2506120094) despite vetoing a similar proposal last year. Businesses of all sizes will have to comply with the Vermont AADC or potentially face AG enforcement or lawsuits from individuals via a private right of action in the state's existing consumer protection law.
Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app is raising questions about whether all users understand they’re sharing their AI queries with the world. Users on X posted about the trend this week with many examples.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- It’s important to think about the value proposition for users when developing a privacy product, Miguel Guevara, a member of Google’s data protection team, said Tuesday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Privacy engineers should put their heads down and forge ahead with AI governance initiatives regardless of what’s happening in Congress, at the state level or elsewhere, said panelists Tuesday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference. Legal uncertainty may just be a fact of life for the privacy practitioner, they said.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Internet Safety Labs is embracing crowdsourcing and some automation as it attempts to label the privacy and safety risks of all websites and mobile apps by 2029, said Bryce Simpson, an ISL safety researcher, at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference Tuesday.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- A majority of telehealth apps may be violating at least one privacy law or rule, the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference heard Tuesday.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- LinkedIn recently completed a project to deidentify advertising activity data to ensure user information is protected while still allowing data processing to generate valuable analytics for advertisers, engineers from the Microsoft-owned social network said Monday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference.