Fresh New York state laws on algorithmic pricing and AI chatbots that are now in effect prompted comments from elected officials about the statutes' importance.
Maryland Delegate Adrian Boafo (D) plans to introduce a bill during the next legislative session to protect children online, particularly from social media harms, he announced during a panel at a Family Online Safety Institute event Monday. The state lawmaker also advocated for federal legislation protecting kids online, with state measures supplementing it.
The regulatory landscape in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Free Speech v. Paxton and this year’s enactment of a Texas app store age-verification bill “is more complex and riskier than ever,” Kohrman Jackson attorneys blogged Wednesday.
CalPrivacy is the new shorthand name for the California Privacy Protection Agency, replacing CPPA, the state privacy agency said Wednesday. The agency also announced a web page with tips for protecting one’s information.
Mikie Sherrill (D) won Tuesday's gubernatorial race in New Jersey after campaigning on issues including data privacy and online protections for children.
CHICAGO -- States’ comprehensive privacy laws are not “dead letters” or “paper tigers,” Perkins Coie privacy attorney Meredith Halama said during a panel at the Association of National Advertisers ad law conference. “We see real, active enforcement, particularly in California.”
SAN DIEGO -- The right to delete seems simple, maybe deceptively so, though California's new Deletion Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) is attempting to reduce complications, panelists said during IAPP's privacy and security conference Friday.
The California Privacy Protection Agency’s rulemaking priorities should include discussion of four items: opt-out preference signals, “reducing friction in the exercise of privacy rights,” disclosures and notices, and employee data, according to meeting materials for the CPPA Board’s Friday meeting (see 2510280048).
Mozilla wants other states and the federal government to follow California in requiring universal opt-out mechanisms, the maker of the Firefox browser said in a blog post Wednesday.
New Jersey state Sen. Joseph Cryan (D) on Monday introduced S-4739, which would criminalize a private citizen recording a telephone call or other conversation unless all parties consent. It was referred to the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee. According to the bill, New Jersey currently requires consent of only one party in the conversation for recording.