The European Commission Tuesday launched a consultation on draft guidelines for protecting minors online under the Digital Services Act. The move offers privacy attorneys a golden opportunity to influence next-generation child protection, one lawyer said.
Four porn sites were sued Monday for allegedly failing to implement age verification on their websites as Kansas law requires, announced the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) Law Center, co-counsel for the suits. Filed on behalf of a 14-year-old minor in the U.S. District Court for Kansas, the suits are the first in the U.S. that challenge violations of age-verification laws, NCOSE said.
A Louisiana app store age-verification bill passed the House unanimously on Monday. Members voted 99-0 to send HB-570 to the Senate. The House Commerce Committee last week cleared the bill, which would require age verification by app stores before users can download apps (see 2505050064). Also Monday, the Louisiana House approved a genomic privacy measure (see 2505120064).
Bills about surveillance pricing and kids on social media passed the California Assembly on Monday and will go to the Senate.
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A proposed settlement has been reached in a case involving Google's alleged violation of children's privacy, according to a joint court document filed Friday.
Montana’s comprehensive privacy law will apply to more businesses and add regulations for children’s data, effective Oct. 1. Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) last week signed a bill (SB-297) amending the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act to make those and other changes.
Age-verification tools are not a silver bullet that will protect children and young people on internet sites and social media platforms, speakers said Monday at a session of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance.
The Texas House provided overwhelming support for a bill requiring app stores to verify users' ages and seek parental consent. Members supported SB-2420 in a 132-10 vote Thursday and then passed the bill on a final reading Friday.
Incorporating children's and teen safety into privacy has led to a variety of approaches under state law, said two Latham Watkins attorneys on a panel at the Privacy + Security Forum spring academy Friday. An age-gate is the best way for companies to ensure compliance with all of them, they added.