Expect House Republicans to take up a Senate-passed deepfake porn bill “promptly,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday (see 2503050017).
The FTC’s proposed rule under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) includes some concerning language related to “indefinite” data retention, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said Wednesday.
Legislation that would allow individuals to sue tech platforms for hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) increases privacy protections for victims, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Tuesday.
DOJ’s new data transfer rule fundamentally changes how American companies should assess global data compliance, particularly concerning Chinese-related business, attorneys said in interviews.
Lead sponsors of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) haven't had substantive discussions about reintroducing the bill in the House, Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., told us in a recent interview.
Expect the Trump administration’s FTC to take a less aggressive approach to privacy enforcement than the prior administration, a former FTC enforcer said at a BBB National Programs webinar Thursday. Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has focused on enforcement claims related to geolocation data, said Tyler Bridegan, who heads that state’s privacy enforcement unit.
A deepfake porn bill gaining congressional momentum poses encryption-related privacy issues, policy groups said Wednesday.
Maryland lawmakers will narrow definitions in a data broker tax proposal so the bill targets hundreds, not thousands, of businesses, Sen. Katie Hester (D) said Wednesday (see 2502250042).
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed data broker rule exceeds the CFPB's authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), tech and open finance groups told the agency in comments this week (see 2503030069).
Senate Republicans expect a straightforward path to confirming FTC nominee Mark Meador, which would allow the commission’s Republican majority to act on two privacy rulemakings.