Comprehensive privacy laws in Texas and Kentucky are viewed as “betting favorites” to serve as potential models for a federal privacy law, Texas’ Privacy Enforcement Director Tyler Bridegan said Thursday.
The FTC should investigate allegations that Meta violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by knowingly allowing children to use its virtual reality platform without parental consent, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said in a letter to Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Thursday.
23andMe is seeking the appointment of a “customer data representative” to assess the company’s handling of user data in its bankruptcy sale, company attorneys told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in filings this week.
The House Commerce Committee on Tuesday passed the Take It Down Act on a 49-1 vote. Democrats failed to attach the Kids Online Safety Act and language that would restore two fired Democratic commissioners at the FTC.
House Commerce Committee Republicans will begin meeting in person with offices and stakeholders on drafting comprehensive privacy legislation, a committee staffer told us Monday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should withdraw the Biden administration’s proposed data broker rule because it’s an “illegal” expansion of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, industry groups told the bureau in comments due Wednesday (see 2503040058).
DOJ’s data transfer rule is scheduled to go into effect April 8, the department confirmed Wednesday.
A neutral party is necessary for protecting consumer privacy in 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding, DOJ said in a statement late Monday, responding to the FTC's position in the case.
Biotechnology company 23andMe can sell users’ genetic data in its bankruptcy sale, but the buyer must honor the company’s original privacy terms and users’ right to delete, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a Monday letter to DOJ (see 2503280047) and (2503240046).
FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Thursday sued President Donald Trump over their “illegal” firings and argued for full reinstatement.