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.
Another tech industry group asked to quash a New York state AI bill from becoming law. In a letter Wednesday, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) urged Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to veto the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act.
Arguing that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) does enough to protect consumers, national tech trade groups and California business associations opposed a revised location privacy bill now pending in the California Senate. In a Tuesday letter to the body’s Judiciary Committee, ahead of a scheduled July 15 hearing on AB-322 and many other bills, the groups said they opposed the measure unless it’s amended.
A California bill to set data-breach notification deadlines advanced to the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. The chamber’s Judiciary Committee unanimously approved SB-446 as part of the consent calendar during a livestreamed meeting.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state auditor to peruse data of companies receiving state funding, the governor’s office said Wednesday.