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.
Expect House floor consideration for the Kids Online Safety Act and the Take It Down Act, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said Wednesday.
The FTC will update its children’s privacy rules in “some form” that complies with President Donald Trump’s regulatory agenda, Chairman Andrew Ferguson told us Tuesday.
Parents “don’t stand a chance” of protecting children against data-driven algorithms on social media, Texas House Rep. Jared Patterson (R) said Wednesday.
A coalition of major American companies has asked DOJ to extend the April 8 effective date for its data transfer rule, Privacy Daily has learned.