As the presence of regulators and regulations grows in the privacy landscape, states are increasing their proactive enforcement and employing technology to do so, privacy experts said during a Privado webinar Thursday.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) announced a rule requiring commercial pornographic websites to verify the age of users on both the website itself and on the device being used to access the site, for what he calls a “first-in-the-nation” standard to safeguard children. However, the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA) said Thursday that the technology for this doesn't exist, while the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) raised privacy concerns.
Testers, those who seek privacy violations with the goal of filing lawsuits, lack Article III standing to sue for pen register and wiretapping infractions under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), according to a decision from the U.S. District Court for Central California Friday.
In a lengthy hearing Tuesday in front of Vermont's House Commerce and Economic Committee, lawmakers weighed testimony from concerned parents, youth and other advocates of a kids code bill. However, the tech industry opposed the bill for privacy and First Amendment reasons.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken up a challenge to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which plaintiffs say is a violation of the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit’s review of such a law is unusual and will impact other states that attempt to model it, but might also serve as an opportunity to review the statute and tighten it, said privacy lawyers.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Thursday with a district court decision and dismissed a case alleging violations of the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), taking a narrow view of what it means to be a "consumer." However, one of the three judges, Rachel Bloomekatz, issued a dissent from most of the decision.
More than 30 people testified about a bill seeking to limit automated analysis of personal data for making financial inferences during a Wednesday hearing in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee, with many people supporting its protections for both workers and consumers.
Judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to side with California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) during oral argument in NetChoice v. Bonta Wednesday in what Judge Ryan Nelson called “a very complicated case” over a state law that makes it illegal for addictive internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
The U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas ruled Monday in favor of tech trade association NetChoice, permanently enjoining an Arkansas social media safety act as unconstitutional. The court said the age-verification law violated the First and 14th Amendments.
A group of Texas lawmakers warned about potential internet harm for minors during a hearing on a pair of kids online safety bills in the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday.