The New York Senate voted 49-10 Tuesday to approve a sweeping health privacy bill (S-929) similar to Washington state’s My Health My Data law.
The early weeks of January have brought a blizzard of state bills focused on protecting kids online, including requiring age verification on porn and social media websites. Some industry groups have long raised privacy concerns with such mandates, arguing they could require that users submit sensitive information confirming their age or parental status to consent to a child’s access.
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok, citing Congress’ “well-supported national security concerns.”
The FTC trumpeted two big enforcement actions as part of a flurry of announcements in the days before Monday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The FTC on Thursday proposed a nonmonetary settlement with GM and OnStar over allegations the companies collected and sold consumers’ location data without proper consent. The commission on Friday announced a settlement of $20 million with the maker of the videogame Genshin Impact over allegations of violating a child privacy law. The FTC also revealed a long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules Thursday (see 2501160068).
New technologies such as the use of pixels have led to a surge -- beginning in 2022 -- of litigation involving older privacy laws because newer legislation lacks a private right of action, privacy lawyers said during a webinar Wednesday.
U.K. regulator Ofcom Thursday issued industry guidance detailing how apps and sites can implement effective age checks to keep children from encountering online porn and protect them from other harmful content. Pornography providers have until July to introduce age checks, it said. The office also published a statement on age assurance and children's access, and warned that its age assurance enforcement program is open for business.
The FTC on Thursday announced its long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules, which includes new opt-in consent requirements and data retention limits.
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It's unclear how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in a case involving a Texas law aimed at preventing minors from accessing adult websites, but a majority of the justices during oral argument Wednesday signaled their concern over minors’ access to obscene materials.
The California Privacy Protection Agency lacks authority to regulate AI, business groups protested during a partially virtual CPPA hearing Tuesday. They urged that the agency pump the breaks on proposed rules for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other changes to privacy regulations under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). However, workers’ rights groups and consumer privacy organizations urged that it proceed with increasing privacy rules.