The Maine Judiciary Committee’s top Democrats unveiled a comprehensive privacy bill Tuesday that contains data minimization language similar to the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act. Judiciary House Chair Amy Kuhn (D) and Senate Chair Anne Carney (D) introduced LD-1822 with five Democratic colleagues.
The FTC should investigate how neurotechnology companies are handling and sharing consumer data using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, Senate Democrats said in a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania used the IAPP Global Privacy Summit as a “sales pitch” opportunity for their “biometric data-based, crypto-powered identity product,” U.K. privacy attorney and entrepreneur Sergio Maldonado said in a post Thursday.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Thursday he understands the “very strong reactions” and privacy concerns surrounding his biometric identity company Tools for Humanity (TFH).
The Texas House passed the Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA) Wednesday on a 146-3 vote. Sponsored by a coalition of bipartisan legislators, it now goes to the Senate.
Increased scrutiny at the U.S. border poses heightened digital privacy risks for foreign nationals and even U.S. citizens entering the country, said John Francisco, a lawyer at Woods Rogers, said in a blog Friday.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) is exploring the use of emotion-recognition AI in society for an upcoming report on AI and algorithmic risks, it said Friday. The report will consider trends and developments in using algorithms and emotion-recognition AI in the Netherlands, it said.
Neurotechnology is the next big thing in privacy law and our minds are the last vestige of privacy, Cooley lawyers said Wednesday during a webinar.
The Connecticut Attorney General recommends that lawmakers bolster the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) by scaling back exemptions, lowering thresholds of applicability, strengthening data minimization provisions, clarifying definitions and increasing protections for minors’ data, it said in a report. In addition, the report, released Thursday, recommends halting targeted advertising to children and teens and selling their personal data.
A Virginia reproductive data privacy law taking effect July 1 covers many companies, poses significant compliance challenges and contains a private right of action, privacy attorneys warned last week. In addition, while many believe Virginia has one of the more business-friendly comprehensive privacy laws, the purple state’s narrower new law requires a higher consent standard than blue Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), they said.