California bills on surveillance and automated decision-making in the workplace are advancing despite continuing concerns from employers that use such technologies.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) called for "enforceable legal obligations" that make risk assessments "mandatory" and afford "public access" to them, ensuring citizens can identify "how harms are mitigated and compliance is ensured."
A California bill seeking to limit “surveillance pricing” cleared a key committee at a hearing Tuesday afternoon. The Assembly Privacy Committee voted 10-4 for SB-259, with Republicans opposing. In addition, the committee cleared bills about data brokers and breaches as part of a unanimous vote on a consent agenda. All the bills previously passed in the Senate.
The Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed legislation that would expand the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to cover teens up to the age of 16 (see 2506180068).
Microsoft sought dismissal of a lawsuit alleging it improperly collects ad data in a way that mimics surveillance and can identify individual users. It argued Monday that plaintiffs in case 25-00570 -- individuals who used Microsoft to access various websites -- were attempting to "stretch common-law privacy and wiretap laws beyond their intended scope.”
Google on Tuesday announced its support for legislation that would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
As some regulators expand their focus on protecting children online to include teens, industry is complying with new laws while seeking workarounds and/or challenging regulation in courts, panelists said during a Morrison Foerster webinar Monday. The struggle will continue for a while, they added.
It was “absolutely necessary” for the Irish Data Protection Commission to seek high court relief blocking X from using EU users’ data to train its AI system, DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said Friday.
The Senate Commerce Committee will consider legislation updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) at a June 25 markup, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday.
Cookies and other tracking technologies were considered simple tools to enhance website users' experience but have become "ground zero" in the data-protection consent space, privacy and cybersecurity attorney Scott Loughlin said at a June 12 Hogan Lovells webinar.