The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear argument on a circuit split over fines that the FCC imposed on AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile for violating the agency's data privacy rules (see 2512150027). The U.S. government, CTIA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce agreed in filings at the court last month that justices should hear the case. The court made the decision during a conference Friday (see 2512170019).
Two more data brokers’ failures to register in California have led to more than $100,000 in fines combined under the state’s Delete Act, the California Privacy Protection Agency said Thursday. In addition, CalPrivacy raised concerns about the sensitive nature of data bought and resold by one of the brokers.
A U.S. district court Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction against Texas’s App Store Accountability Act, blocking it from going into effect as intended on Jan. 1. The U.S. District Court for Western Texas ruled the law likely violates the First Amendment.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) vetoed a controversial state health data privacy bill (S-929) on Friday, an aide to Assembly sponsor Linda Rosenthal (D) told us.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to combat a “patchwork” of AI laws in the states, as expected (see 2512110056 and 2512080056). Trump's order is identical to a draft proposal, circulated in November that drew significant bipartisan opposition.
Illuminate Education failed to use basic security measures to protect student data, which led to a breach affecting millions of children, attorneys general from Connecticut, New York and California announced Thursday in a $5.1 million settlement with the education software company.
SAN DIEGO -- Sling TV is in violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) because the streaming platform's methods for consumers to opt out of sharing personal information are "confusing" and hard to effectuate, said Stacey Schesser, supervising deputy attorney general at the California DOJ.
Video-streaming box maker Roku “collected, sold and enabled reidentification of sensitive personal data” without receiving authorization or providing meaningful notice, the Florida attorney general’s office said Tuesday. AG James Uthmeier filed a complaint under Florida’s comprehensive privacy law and its Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the state’s 20th Judicial Circuit Court.
Attorneys general from Minnesota and New Hampshire joined states’ Consortium of Privacy Regulators, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) said Wednesday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed universal opt-out legislation and two other privacy bills Wednesday.