The global health care and life sciences sectors face major regulatory challenges in the U.S. and Europe from data transfer and cybersecurity laws, speakers said Thursday during an IAPP webinar.
While the Biden administration’s FTC focused on platform accountability for child safety, the Trump FTC appears far more concerned with strengthening parental control to protect kids' privacy and shield them from online harm, former FTC officials said Thursday at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy.
Using consent to preserve privacy has pros and cons, said panelists at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy Wednesday. However, ensuring that consent is gained effectively and truthfully is one of the best ways to safeguard information, they added.
There’s a checklist companies can complete to show they’re operating in “good faith” to comply with DOJ’s Data Security Program before full enforcement begins July 8 (see 2504140047), Orrick attorneys said Wednesday at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy event.
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Collaboration is needed among tech industry experts, parents, legislators and others in the conversation about protecting children online, said Alabama lawmakers at a House State Government Committee hearing Tuesday. The panel agreed to work on an app store age-verification bill (SB-187) over the summer and bring back an updated bill next session.
A California Assembly committee cleared a surveillance pricing bill Tuesday that would prohibit companies from using personal data to set customized prices for consumers.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) dressed down national menswear retailer Todd Snyder with a $345,178 fine Tuesday for alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Closely following CPPA action last March against Honda, the Todd Snyder case is more than an enforcement action. It also “highlights a trend by this agency of looking beyond surface compliance with the CCPA,” Wiley privacy attorney Joan Stewart told us. The agency’s board adopted the enforcement decision May 1.
Louisiana legislators on Monday cleared privacy legislation requiring app stores to verify ages. Also at the House Commerce Committee hearing, the sponsor of a bill on protecting genomic data voluntarily deferred her own measure.
EU plans for cutting red tape in measures such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and AI Act, if done pragmatically, will help rather than hamper innovation, lawyers and academics told us.