California-based Background Alert must shut down through 2028, or face a $50,000 fine for failing to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, according to terms of a settlement with the California Privacy Protection Agency. CPPA, which announced the agreement Thursday, raised privacy concerns with the people-search company’s business model in its Wednesday order approving the settlement.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) on Tuesday released its first annual report, offering an overview of what it has accomplished since voters established it in November 2020.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board plans to get an update on the development of the data deletion mechanism required by the California Delete Act at a meeting scheduled for March 6-7.
More states are considering measures that protect the privacy of reproductive health data in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, privacy experts said in recent interviews.
National Public Data faces a $46,000 fine from the California Privacy Protection Agency for failing to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, the CPPA said Thursday. It's the CPPA’s sixth action stemming from an investigative sweep of California Delete Act compliance that it announced Oct. 30.
National Public Data faces a $46,000 fine from the California Privacy Protection Agency for failing to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, the CPPA said Thursday. It's the CPPA’s sixth action stemming from an investigative sweep of California Delete Act compliance that it announced Oct. 30.
A bipartisan group of 18 California state legislators told the California Privacy Protection Agency that the organization lacks authority to regulate AI and should scale back proposed automated decision-making technology (ADMT) rules. The legislators wrote to the CPPA board Wednesday, which was the CPPA’s deadline for written comments on draft rules for ADMT and other issues. A coalition of business groups and trade associations condemned the draft rules in a separate letter that day.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) supports this year’s version of a bill requiring support for universal opt-out mechanisms in web browsers and mobile operating systems, the CPPA said Thursday.
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).