The California Privacy Protection Agency Board might act later this month on pending proceedings related to automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and establishing a data deletion mechanism.
Recent enforcement against Honda and Healthline in California and FTC action against data brokers show that companies must understand data flow and consent, an executive with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) said in an interview Monday.
Pleasing businesses, California lawmakers further scaled back a privacy bill requiring support for universal opt-out signals so it now covers only browsers. At a hearing Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-0 to advance AB-566 to the Appropriations Committee. In addition, the Judiciary Committee forwarded a bill that would require social media platforms to treat consumers deleting accounts as requests to delete their information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The panel also supported requiring warning labels on social media.
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."
Senate Commerce Committee Democrats on Monday circulated updated text proposed by Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for an AI regulation moratorium (see 2506170054). The Senate Parliamentarian on Saturday approved the text under the Byrd rule, officially attaching the proposal to the budget reconciliation package.
Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app is raising questions about whether all users understand they’re sharing their AI queries with the world. Users on X posted about the trend this week with many examples.
California Privacy Protection Agency draft rules for making a data deletion mechanism required by the state’s Delete Act exceed the law’s scope and one requirement may be unconstitutional, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) said in comments at the CPPA.
The actual cost to a company from a privacy enforcement action could be many times higher than the regulator's fine, Clarip CEO Andy Sambandam said in an interview. Privacy has become a quickly rising concern for companies amid a growing number of privacy laws and state enforcement actions, he told Privacy Daily.
The California Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would require web browsers to include a setting that consumers could activate to automatically opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal data and limit the use of their sensitive personal information. AB-566 passed on a 53-1 vote and now heads to the Senate.
As the California Privacy Protection Agency ramps up enforcement, it will “telegraph” how it plans to enforce the state’s privacy law and will act in ways that aren’t far from what other states would do, CPPA Executive Director Tom Kemp said in a wide-ranging interview Wednesday with Privacy Daily. In addition, Kemp panned Congress’ proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation while saying the agency is being careful about what aspects of AI may come under its jurisdiction.