Though many states in recent years have passed privacy legislation, the provisions in the law are not necessarily being enforced if there is no funding for enforcement, said Miles Light from the Children’s Advertising Review Unit with Better Business Bureau National Programs in a panel at Thursday’s preconference workshop of the Student Privacy and Parental Consent: Legal Innovations and Global Insights, hosted by Public Interest Privacy Center (PIPC), Toyo University and George Washington Law.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) on Friday issued a ban against using social media apps and artificial intelligence affiliated with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party on government-issued devices.
Three companies that distribute eufy home security video cameras paid $450,000 after failing to secure consumers’ private home videos, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) announced on Tuesday.
PayPal must pay a $2 million penalty to New York for violating elements of the state's Department of Financial Service’s Cybersecurity Regulation, announced the department's Superintendent Adrienne Harris on Thursday. An investigation found that the financial technology company employed unqualified personnel to manage key cybersecurity functions. In addition, it didn't provide proper training in addressing cybersecurity risks, prompting sensitive customer information to be accessible to cybercriminals, the department said.
State privacy enforcers will “take up the baton for any lag in federal action” this year, Smith Anderson lawyers blogged this week. “Businesses, even in states without comprehensive privacy laws, face increased compliance risks.”
State privacy officials in Delaware and New Hampshire aren’t intentionally looking to catch businesses breaking rules, they told an International Association of Privacy Professionals webinar Wednesday. Both states’ privacy laws took effect Jan. 1 (see 2501060066).
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella (R) posted an FAQ on complying with the state's privacy law that took effect Jan. 1 (see 2501060066). In August, Formella set up a data privacy unit to enforce compliance.
State privacy laws offer Californians broad AI protection, said Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in legal guidance released Monday.
Businesses should write broad biometric compliance strategies in response to Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) regulations adopted last month by the state attorney general office, BCLP lawyers Goli Mahdavi and Andrea Rastelli blogged Thursday.
The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) has launched an initiative aimed at addressing the risk of bias and discrimination from the use of AI and other emerging technologies, Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) announced Thursday.