In its latest proposal on risk assessment requirements, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) appears to try to seal up potential constitutional holes that took down California’s age-appropriate design code (AADC) law, Squire Patton attorney Alan Friel said in an interview last week. Ahead of a June 2 deadline to file comments (see 2505020034), privacy lawyers at many firms are combing through the latest tweaks in a highly watched rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other topics.
Alabama’s comprehensive privacy bill ran out of time to pass the legislature this year, so sponsor Rep. Mike Shaw (R) is looking toward 2026, he told Privacy Daily Friday. The state legislature adjourned earlier this week.
Businesses must traverse an expanding “minefield of state and international regulations,” said BigID CEO Dimitri Sirota in an interview last month at the IAPP Global Privacy Conference in Washington. The emergence of AI has also created privacy compliance challenges -- but the emerging technology could also make some aspects of the data protection profession more efficient, he said.
The Maine Legislature’s joint Judiciary Committee will probably meet at least once more to continue discussing the content of a possible comprehensive state privacy law, House Chair Amy Kuhn (D) said before the committee began delving into differences between three rival proposals during a work session Wednesday. While referring to a side-by-side comparison at a livestreamed work session, the panel zeroed in on a key choice between taking a data-minimization or consent-based approach to privacy. Some members questioned not including a private right of action.
A New York state reproductive health privacy bill will reach the Senate floor. Despite Republican opposition, the Senate Health Committee cleared S-1633 at a livestreamed hearing Tuesday.
Massachusetts senators advanced a comprehensive privacy bill that includes a private right of action and Maryland-like data-minimization requirements. On Monday, the Senate side of the legislature’s joint Advanced Information Technology Committee advanced to the Ways and Means Committee a new draft of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S-2516) that replaces bills by the committee’s Senate Chair Michael Moore (D), Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem (D) and Sen. William Driscoll (D). Some alternatives remain pending, including legislation by Sen. Barry Finegold (D), his spokesperson told Privacy Daily.
The Louisiana House voted 79-14 Monday in favor of a bill (HB-125) aimed at protecting an individual's genomic information from certain foreign entities, including China.
Rhode Island senators unanimously supported regulating consumer genetic testing services. The state's Senate voted 35-0 Thursday to pass a genetic information privacy bill (S-767). The House referred the bill to its Judiciary Committee on Friday. However, an Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) attorney said Friday that the consent-based bill doesn't do enough to protect consumers.
AI’s high-speed evolution makes it a tough technology to regulate, said panelists at a partly virtual University of Illinois privacy conference Thursday.
Court cases on Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to people’s sensitive information are developing precedents that will shape privacy protections in government data sharing, said an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) official at a partly virtual University of Illinois privacy conference Thursday.