California privacy bills related to location, public officials and reproductive health cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee after a lengthy hearing earlier this week, the state legislature’s website showed Thursday.
A California surveillance-pricing bill could soon hit the Assembly floor after approval from the chamber’s Judiciary Committee on an 8-3 vote Tuesday. SB-259 previously cleared the Privacy Committee and the full Senate (see 2506250011).
Despite major changes in a California bill on automated decision systems (ADS), the Business Software Alliance (BSA) still urged lawmakers to slam the brakes on AB-1018 on Wednesday.
California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D) said her bill to require transmission of age-verification signals (AB-1043) “still is a very strong bill” after she accepted various proposed changes. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, Chair Thomas Umberg (D) foreshadowed more adjustments could come in the weeks ahead.
Christian state lawmakers unanimously supported an app store age-verification model bill last month, the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) said Monday.
A New Jersey requirement that recognizes universal opt-out mechanisms (UOOMs) becomes enforceable in the state’s comprehensive privacy law on Tuesday.
State requirements to display social media warning labels will likely be challenged before they take effect, said Liisa Thomas and other SheppardMullin privacy attorneys Friday.
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board might act later this month on pending proceedings related to automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and establishing a data deletion mechanism.
It's not just app stores that must pay attention to a crop of new age-verification laws in Utah, Texas and Louisiana, Orrick attorneys blogged Thursday: It's app developers, too.
Massachusetts should follow New York state in passing an age-verification bill to ban social media platforms from using algorithms to deliver content to users younger than 18, said Massachusetts Rep. William MacGregor (D) at a livestreamed Thursday hearing of the Joint Committee on Advanced IT, the Internet and Cybersecurity.