The California Assembly on Thursday voted 55-15 for a bill restricting how employers use workplace surveillance tools (see 2503030037).
A bipartisan group of senators in Michigan introduced a comprehensive privacy bill on Thursday in an effort toward establishing privacy rights for the state's consumers. If enacted, the state will join the 20 others who have comprehensive privacy laws, though six won’t take effect until later in 2025 or in 2026 (see 2501060066).
The California Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would require web browsers to include a setting that consumers could activate to automatically opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal data and limit the use of their sensitive personal information. AB-566 passed on a 53-1 vote and now heads to the Senate.
A coalition of tech watchdogs Wednesday blasted the California Senate's passage of SB-690 (see 2506030058), a bill aimed at amending the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
The California Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would establish civil action against a social media platform that violates hate crime and civil rights laws. SB-771 passed on a 29-4 vote and now heads to the Assembly.
The California Senate passed a bill that requires insurance licensees and their third-party service providers to adhere to a comprehensive privacy framework. The vote was 28-10 on Wednesday.
The Louisiana House on Wednesday unanimously passed the final version of its duty-of-care legislation (see 2506030063).
The California Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at protecting reproductive health privacy, including through a private right of action. The bill, which appropriators recently cleared (see 2505230062), now moves to the Senate.
California senators voted 27-10 Tuesday to pass a bill meant to limit workplace surveillance. The bill, which appropriators recently cleared (see 2505230062), will now cross to the Assembly.
A California bill requiring support for universal opt-out signals would no longer apply to mobile operating systems (MOS) under an amendment to AB-566 that the Assembly adopted on Monday. Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal's (D) legislation awaits an Assembly floor vote. It cleared the Appropriations Committee last month (see 2505230062).