Despite a modest fine, a settlement this week between Connecticut and online marketplace TicketNetwork over potential violations of the state's Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) (see 2507080010) includes significant takeaways, privacy professionals said. However, a consumer advocate said the $85,000 penalty -- the first under the CTDPA -- also shows how comprehensive privacy laws based on Connecticut's model don't do enough to protect consumers.
Racial justice must be at the center of AI-related regulations to prevent discrimination and the potential creation of a surveillance state, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) officials said Thursday during a panel.
Some state lawmakers are looking to pass legislation regulating the data broker industry in the wake of the shooting deaths last month of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted killing of John Hoffman (D), a Minnesota senator, and his wife.
With rules governing general-purpose AI under the EU AI Act becoming effective Aug. 2 and enforceable for new models one year later, the European Commission on Thursday unveiled a code of practice aimed at helping industry comply with the act's GPAI provisions.
Expect the California attorney general’s office to support a bill requiring it to build internal expertise on AI once it sees “the money for it,” predicted California Sen. Jerry McNerney (D) during an Assembly Privacy Committee hearing Tuesday. The committee approved the measure to go to the Judiciary Committee by a 14-0 vote.
A European Commission proposal to ease some reporting requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) won backing from the EU's top privacy bodies Wednesday. They cautioned, however, that the amended rules must not result in reduced protection for individuals.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t kept pace with privacy risks associated with wearable devices, Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., said during a hearing Wednesday. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., also addressed the issue, noting state laws like the Colorado Privacy Act impose security requirements on companies selling wearables.
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding Texas’ porn site age-verification law bodes well for dozens of similar state laws, but it might not apply meaningfully to app store age-verification laws, policy experts said during a livestream Tuesday.
Not only has General Motors (GM) and subsidiary OnStar unlawfully collected, processed and sold Nebraskans' sensitive data since 2015, but many residents unknowingly opted in to these data practices, Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) alleged in a lawsuit against the companies Tuesday. The AG said GM and OnStar violated the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.