Legislators in several states added to a growing pile of age-verification bills Friday. Kids privacy and online safety bills have been an early focus for these lawmakers (see 2501170053).
Consumer privacy groups applauded multiple Massachusetts privacy bills introduced last week.
A Hawaii data privacy bill that state Sen. Chris Lee and five other Democrats (SB-1037) introduced Friday generally follows other comprehensive state bills in the mold of Virginia or Connecticut.
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced a Jan. 27 board meeting. The agenda includes a closed session about litigation and on appointing a new executive director and chief auditor. The agency previously said that current Executive Director Ashkan Soltani would leave this month.
A proposed Missouri Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) would include a private right of action. State Sen. Nick Schroer (R) proposed SB-118 on Wednesday.
North Carolina agencies must protect women’s medical privacy under a new executive order on reproductive health. Gov. Josh Stein (D) announced the EO on Thursday.
Data brokers have a Jan. 31 deadline to provide the California Privacy Protection Agency with full metrics about their responses in 2023 to privacy rights, Kelley Drye attorneys warned in a blog post earlier this week.
Biometric and genetic privacy bills emerged in Hawaii and Montana on Wednesday.
Massachusetts state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D) filed a comprehensive privacy bill based on a model bill (see 2501070081) by Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said CR on Thursday.
New Jersey’s privacy law took effect Wednesday. It’s the 14th of 20 states with enforceable privacy laws and the fifth comprehensive state law to take effect this month, increasing companies’ risk (see 2501060066).