The emergence of AI and adtech is forcing a rethink of gathering and managing consent for use of personal data, speakers said Tuesday at a #RISK Digital UK/EU webinar.
Oregon will add location and child data restrictions to its comprehensive privacy law. Gov. Tina Kotek (D) signed HB-2008 on Tuesday, days after signing another amendment that added automotive rules to the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act.
Connecticut Sen. James Maroney (D) “will try AI again next year,” a spokesperson told us Wednesday. Maroney announced the demise of his bill, SB-2, Wednesday while riffing on reports that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) opposes stopping states from regulating AI.
The FTC is exploring statutory authorities for stopping pornography websites from illegally sharing content with children, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday. The agency recently consulted EU enforcers and is also focused on new authorities under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), he said during an agency workshop.
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Consumer and labor groups condemned May 9 revisions to California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) draft rules on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) issues. The changes “represent significant concessions by the Agency and its board to a campaign of industry pressure,” civil society groups said in comments at the agency this week.
A federal court halted enforcement of a Florida social media law that would prohibit kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts, requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to create them and uses age-verification to implement these restrictions. The ruling by the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida on Tuesday granted a request for a preliminary injunction brought by NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), who say HB-3 violates the First Amendment and poses privacy risks.
Expect the Senate to reach a Byrd rule decision on the House’s proposed AI moratorium within the next two weeks (see 2505270049), Senate Commerce Committee Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Tuesday, saying he’s not sure the language will survive.
A Belgian Market Court decision last month has implications for companies that collect consent from data subjects for tracking, cookies and other online advertising tools using Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe's transparency and consent framework (TCF), Hogan Lovells privacy attorney Etienne Drouard said in an interview.
New Jersey draft rules for implementing the state’s comprehensive privacy law appeared Monday in the New Jersey Register, as expected (see 2505280058). Comments are due Aug. 1, said the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs document (57 N.J.R. 1101(a)).