A California bill requiring support for universal opt-out signals would no longer apply to mobile operating systems (MOS) under an amendment to AB-566 that the Assembly adopted on Monday. Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal's (D) legislation awaits an Assembly floor vote. It cleared the Appropriations Committee last month (see 2505230062).
Consumer and labor groups condemned May 9 revisions to California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) draft rules on automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) issues. The changes “represent significant concessions by the Agency and its board to a campaign of industry pressure,” civil society groups said in comments at the agency this week.
With few public details about states' privacy consortium, lawyers are questioning what the group's formation means for enforcement and fines in the future. April's announcement could be another sign that enforcement is increasing -- and more reason for companies to bolster compliance efforts, said multiple attorneys who work in privacy or commonly defend businesses facing state investigations.
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It’s unclear whether a proposed 10-year moratorium on AI regulation will survive parliamentary procedure in the Senate, and predictions vary based on political party and business interests.
California appropriators greenlit a plethora of privacy bills at Friday meetings. Assembly and Senate panels ticked through a laundry list of “suspense file” bills, including on age assurance, automated decisions, reproductive health, workplace surveillance and revisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The approved bills could get floor votes next.
In its latest proposal on risk assessment requirements, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) appears to try to seal up potential constitutional holes that took down California’s age-appropriate design code (AADC) law, Squire Patton attorney Alan Friel said in an interview last week. Ahead of a June 2 deadline to file comments (see 2505020034), privacy lawyers at many firms are combing through the latest tweaks in a highly watched rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other topics.
While the U.S. House this week moved ahead with a plan for a 10-year moratorium on AI laws, the Connecticut Senate supported a bill that would establish AI requirements. However, in the first state to enact an AI law, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) supported federal preemption.
The California Privacy Protection Agency's $345,000 fine for menswear retailer Todd Snyder last week (see 2505050066) put companies that do business in the state “on notice” that they shouldn’t collect excessive information to verify consumers’ identities, McCarter & English privacy attorney Erin Prest blogged Tuesday: “This is one detail at which the regulators are specifically looking and errors can be costly.”
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