The Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold votes on at least three different kids privacy bills this year, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Thursday.
New York Senate Internet Committee Chair Kristen Gonzalez (D) Thursday reintroduced the New York Privacy Act (S-3044) that Sen. Kevin Thomas (D) proposed last year. Thomas departed the legislature at the end of 2024.
In addition to an increase in privacy laws, 2025 is expected to bring an escalation of privacy and data protection claims under old laws, said International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) members on a webinar Wednesday.
Consumer privacy groups applauded multiple Massachusetts privacy bills introduced last week.
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Almost all comprehensive state privacy laws include enforcement language against AI-related discrimination, so additional efforts to regulate automated decisions could be redundant, Minnesota Rep. Steve Elkins (D) told Privacy Daily in a recent interview.
The FTC trumpeted two big enforcement actions as part of a flurry of announcements in the days before Monday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. The FTC on Thursday proposed a nonmonetary settlement with GM and OnStar over allegations the companies collected and sold consumers’ location data without proper consent. The commission on Friday announced a settlement of $20 million with the maker of the videogame Genshin Impact over allegations of violating a child privacy law. The FTC also revealed a long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules Thursday (see 2501160068).
State privacy enforcers will “take up the baton for any lag in federal action” this year, Smith Anderson lawyers blogged this week. “Businesses, even in states without comprehensive privacy laws, face increased compliance risks.”
Massachusetts state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D) filed a comprehensive privacy bill based on a model bill (see 2501070081) by Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said CR on Thursday.
States should include a private right of action in their comprehensive privacy laws, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday.