A bevy of entities, including advocacy organizations and media groups like the New York Times, filed amicus briefs earlier this week that blasted California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Act for infringing on privacy and First Amendment rights, with some saying the statute reigns in nearly every form of online content including news sites.
While recent court decisions have added to a circuit split on the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) of 1988 (see 2508190026), some have also introduced notable interpretations of how the statute should apply, privacy lawyers said in interviews with Privacy Daily.
Checking data flows and technologies on the back end to make certain that consumer opt-out requests are honored is a crucial step in compliance, Kelley Drye privacy lawyers said Thursday during the firm's webinar on opt-out compliance.
This month's D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision in Pileggi v. Washington Newspaper further widened the circuit split on the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), increasing the likelihood that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the 1988 federal statute, privacy lawyers said in interviews with Privacy Daily. The D.C., 2nd, 6th and 7th circuits have ruled on VPPA cases recently without much uniformity.
Companies must understand their websites' tracking technologies and know what data they collect so they can remain compliant. This is especially so within the healthcare sector, said panelists during an IAPP webinar about Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance Wednesday.
TikTok exploits children by using addictive design features, and in turn profits off their time on the social media app, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. These are deceptive and unfair business practices that violate state consumer protection laws, he added.
As AI and other data-rich emerging technologies become more prevalent and amp up the need for information, organizations must ensure their privacy policies and practices help engender customer trust, said JoAnn Stonier, Mastercard fellow of data and AI, said Wednesday.
A bipartisan coalition of 37 state attorneys general urged Instagram to make changes to its new location-sharing feature, citing privacy concerns, in a letter Wednesday.
A federal privacy statute is badly needed, and the timing is right to pass one now, said Chris Oswald, executive vice president and head of law, ethics and government relations at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). He spoke Tuesday during a panel on data privacy at the group's Masters of Data Conference.
Companies should master the fundamentals of privacy, which will form a solid foundation when handling new privacy regulations, enforcement actions and emerging technologies like AI, said Sourcepoint’s Chief Privacy Officer Julie Rubash and Brian Kane, the chief operating officer of the privacy software company that was recently acquired by Didomi (see 2507080040).