A revival of a California bill that would require all web browsers and mobile operating systems to provide universal opt-out mechanisms cleared its first test in the state legislature and received bipartisan support. At a late Tuesday hearing, the California Assembly Privacy Committee voted 9-0 to advance AB-566 to the Appropriations Committee.
Judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to side with California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) during oral argument in NetChoice v. Bonta Wednesday in what Judge Ryan Nelson called “a very complicated case” over a state law that makes it illegal for addictive internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
DOJ’s data transfer rule is scheduled to go into effect April 8, the department confirmed Wednesday.
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The U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas ruled Monday in favor of tech trade association NetChoice, permanently enjoining an Arkansas social media safety act as unconstitutional. The court said the age-verification law violated the First and 14th Amendments.
A neutral party is necessary for protecting consumer privacy in 23andMe’s bankruptcy proceeding, DOJ said in a statement late Monday, responding to the FTC's position in the case.
NEW YORK CITY -- State lawmakers are following up on their comprehensive privacy laws with AI legislation that seeks to regulate consequential decisions, said AI and privacy legal experts at a Perrin Conferences event Wednesday at the New York City Bar Association. Amid general federal inaction, state lawmakers have proposed hundreds of AI bills on a plethora of subjects related to the growing technology, they noted.
NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) refiled a lawsuit Friday against Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) over HB-3, which the groups allege violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents. The same day at another federal district court, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) sought to dismiss a separate NetChoice lawsuit against the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took a broad view of what it means to be a videotape service provider under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) on Friday in an opinion in case 24-1290. The plaintiffs allege the transmission of their personal information from a website where users can watch old TV shows to Facebook is in violation of the VPPA.
Biotechnology company 23andMe can sell users’ genetic data in its bankruptcy sale, but the buyer must honor the company’s original privacy terms and users’ right to delete, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a Monday letter to DOJ (see 2503280047) and (2503240046).