The Utah Senate approved an app store age-verification bill Monday. State senators voted 24-1 to send SB-142 to the House; Sen. Heidi Balderree (R) voted no.
Health and location data bills joined a growing pile of privacy legislation at the Illinois legislature this year (see 2502070049). Both measures would include a private right of action.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced a statewide ban of the China-based AI application DeepSeek. Responding to concerns about foreign government surveillance, the action prevents the app from being downloaded on government devices and networks.
State lawmakers writing AI bills should seek to align definitions and other elements of their legislation, the Software & Information Industry Association said in a Friday letter to Future of Privacy Forum’s multistate AI policymaker working group.
A California bill would prohibit businesses from conducting “surveillance pricing,” which uses consumers’ personal information to adjust prices based on individualized data profiles.
Illinois legislators introduced a slew of privacy measures last week, including a comprehensive bill, Delete Act proposal and multiple updates to the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
A New Mexico privacy bill would target websites that collect personal data from consumers for targeted advertising of data brokering. Rep. Pamelya Herndon (D) introduced the Internet Privacy & Safety Act (HB-307) on Wednesday.
A bipartisan group of Georgia senators Wednesday introduced a comprehensive privacy bill in the mold of most other state privacy laws besides California.
Maryland, one of many states across the country introducing age-verification bills aimed at protecting children online, heard testimony Wednesday in support of HB-394. The bill would make websites liable for distributing obscene content to kids younger than 18, while setting data retention rules for identifying information collected for age verification (see 2501170053).
Maryland Democrats cross-filed data broker registry bills in the House and Senate on Wednesday.