The 15th Texas Court of Appeals ruled last week that Google is allowed to question Texas officials in a lawsuit alleging that the corporation unlawfully collected biometric privacy data of millions of Texas residents without their consent.
A proposed Missouri Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) would include a private right of action. State Sen. Nick Schroer (R) proposed SB-118 on Wednesday.
Biometric and genetic privacy bills emerged in Hawaii and Montana on Wednesday.
The FTC on Thursday announced its long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules, which includes new opt-in consent requirements and data retention limits.
It's unclear how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule in a case involving a Texas law aimed at preventing minors from accessing adult websites, but a majority of the justices during oral argument Wednesday signaled their concern over minors’ access to obscene materials.
Colorado will step in if the federal government pulls back on privacy enforcement under the second Trump administration, the state’s AG Phil Weiser (D) told Privacy Daily. In an interview, he said privacy will continue to be a priority for the state in 2025, with Weiser hoping to raise awareness with businesses and consumers about their duties and rights under the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA).
To prevent mass deportations by President-elect Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), schools, employers and state and local governments must protect personal data, Victor Guillen Febres, program strategist at United We Dream, wrote in a blog for TechPolicy.Press Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case about a Texas age-verification law aimed at preventing minors from accessing adult websites. However, in addition to First Amendment implications, the case could become much broader, centering on technology that verifies the ages of website visitors younger and older than 18 and whether that process infringes on their rights.
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.
A private right of action appeared in a New York state health privacy bill introduced Thursday. Another lawmaker introduced a biometric privacy bill enforced by the state AG.