Sensitive information and transparency are key privacy issues that will continue attracting litigation, including in Texas, which has become a major player in regulation and enforcement, Odia Kagan, a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild, said in an interview.
Vinhcent Le joined TechEquity as its vice president of AI policy, the organization announced Wednesday. Le previously served as a board member of the California Privacy Protection Agency. He learned he had been removed from the board at the end of last week (see 2502030042).
Brandie Nonnecke was appointed to the California Privacy Protection Agency Board, the agency announced Tuesday. Appointed by California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D), Nonnecke is also the director of the Our Better Web program and co-directs the Center for Law and Technology at University of California-Berkeley law school. Nonnecke replaces privacy advocate Vinhcent Le, who learned he would no longer sit on the board at the end of last week (see 2502030042).
Sen. Margo Juarez (D) wants to add “teeth” to Nebraska’s privacy law with a bill like California’s Delete Act that aims to make it easier for consumers to delete their data, she said in an interview Tuesday. However, at a livestreamed hearing of the bicameral legislature’s Commerce Committee Monday, counsel for Nebraska’s secretary of state raised concerns that the bill would be difficult to implement.
Privacy advocate Vinhcent Le learned at the end of last week he was no longer a board member of the California Privacy Protection Agency, he told us Monday. A strong voice for the consumer and one of the CPPA board’s founding members, Le's exit is concerning, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.
Days ahead of the Jan. 31 deadline for data broker registration, the California Privacy Protection Agency announced that Connecticut-based data broker Key Marketing Advantage (KMA) agreed to pay $55,800 for failing to register and pay a fee in 2024.
The California Privacy Protection Agency announced a Jan. 27 board meeting. The agenda includes a closed session about litigation and on appointing a new executive director and chief auditor. The agency previously said that current Executive Director Ashkan Soltani would leave this month.
Data brokers have a Jan. 31 deadline to provide the California Privacy Protection Agency with full metrics about their responses in 2023 to privacy rights, Kelley Drye attorneys warned in a blog post earlier this week.
The California Privacy Protection Agency lacks authority to regulate AI, business groups protested during a partially virtual CPPA hearing Tuesday. They urged that the agency pump the breaks on proposed rules for automated decision-making technology (ADMT) and other changes to privacy regulations under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). However, workers’ rights groups and consumer privacy organizations urged that it proceed with increasing privacy rules.
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission and the California Privacy Protection Agency agreed to cooperate on safeguarding the privacy and personal information of their citizens and consumers and to recognize the need for better cross-border collaboration. Among other things, they will now share best practices on procedures and methods; share annual enforcement plans; and enable meetings between their respective staff members.