Expect FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson to hold the Biden administration’s kids privacy rule until there’s a Republican majority to amend it, a longtime FTC privacy official said Thursday.
NTIA should prioritize transparency and open-internet principles and respect individual privacy rights when crafting potential ethical guidelines for researchers who handle pervasive data, consumer and internet advocates said in comments recently posted.
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing DOJ not to enforce the TikTok divestment law for 75 days while the parties “determine the appropriate course forward.”
The FTC’s new requirement that companies obtain separate parental consent when collecting children’s data for nonessential business purposes is a key change compliance professionals should fully understand, attorneys said Tuesday.
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.