Almost all comprehensive state privacy laws include enforcement language against AI-related discrimination, so additional efforts to regulate automated decisions could be redundant, Minnesota Rep. Steve Elkins (D) told Privacy Daily in a recent interview.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok, citing Congress’ “well-supported national security concerns.”
The FTC trumpeted two big enforcement actions as part of a flurry of announcements in the days before Monday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The FTC on Thursday proposed a nonmonetary settlement with GM and OnStar over allegations the companies collected and sold consumers’ location data without proper consent. The commission on Friday announced a settlement of $20 million with the maker of the videogame Genshin Impact over allegations of violating a child privacy law. The FTC also revealed a long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules Thursday (see 2501160068).
The FTC on Thursday announced its long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules, which includes new opt-in consent requirements and data retention limits.
The House Commerce Committee is organizing a working group to determine a path forward on privacy legislation, Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told us Tuesday.
The FTC on Tuesday announced two nonmonetary settlements with data brokers related to location data.
Rep. Gus Bilirakis will reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) “as soon as possible," the Florida Republican told us Thursday.
A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Friday it will likely uphold Congress’ TikTok divestment law because the company’s Beijing ties raise legitimate security concerns.
New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores (D) plans to file legislation that regulates frontier AI models later this month, with concepts similar to a bill vetoed in California last year.
Congress and the Trump administration should consider X platform owner Elon Musk’s unconventional ideas, including possibly shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Senate Republicans told us in December.