The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month on comprehensive privacy legislation, Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us Thursday.
Congress must address the growing issue of companies using algorithms to adjust prices of consumer goods based on personal data, Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, said Wednesday during an American Economic Liberties Project event.
There’s an audit trail showing Palantir is following privacy laws and protocols in its work with agencies like DHS and the Internal Revenue Service, the company's global privacy director said Wednesday.
The Department of Health & Human Services’ latest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act settlement suggests the Trump administration will continue focusing on compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, healthcare privacy attorneys told us in interviews.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t kept pace with privacy risks associated with wearable devices, Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., said during a hearing Wednesday. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., also addressed the issue, noting state laws like the Colorado Privacy Act impose security requirements on companies selling wearables.
Legislation intended to protect individuals’ voice and likeness from unauthorized, AI-generated recreation threatens privacy, civil society groups said Tuesday in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding Texas’ porn site age-verification law bodes well for dozens of similar state laws, but it might not apply meaningfully to app store age-verification laws, policy experts said during a livestream Tuesday.
Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
DOJ’s data transfer rule goes into full force Tuesday, but many companies are still seeking clarity from the department about compliance, privacy attorneys told us in interviews this week (see 2504140047).
Legislators in Texas, Maryland and Vermont say they will renew bipartisan efforts to regulate AI at the state level after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday dropped its proposed AI moratorium.