Wisconsin Rep. Shannon Zimmerman (R) aims to fast-track comprehensive privacy legislation when state legislators return from summer recess, he said in an interview last week with Privacy Daily. The lawmaker is hopeful that he will find bipartisan support and that the bill will pass in 2025 after it hit roadblocks in prior legislative sessions, he said.
The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a data privacy hearing Wednesday, as expected (see 2507170046). Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us earlier this month the subcommittee will explore options for comprehensive privacy legislation.
The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, directing federal agencies to potentially withhold discretionary funding from states with AI regulations that “hinder” innovation. California's privacy agency and legislators from two other states rebuked the proposal.
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The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month on comprehensive privacy legislation, Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us Thursday.
There’s an audit trail showing Palantir is following privacy laws and protocols in its work with agencies like DHS and the Internal Revenue Service, the company's global privacy director said Wednesday.
A New Jersey requirement that recognizes universal opt-out mechanisms (UOOMs) becomes enforceable in the state’s comprehensive privacy law on Tuesday.
Colorado shouldn’t use upcoming kids’ privacy regulations as a “back door” to require age verification, retailers warned the state’s law department last week. In addition to warning against requiring verification through possible rules about a company’s “willful disregard” of a user being a minor, industry groups cautioned that any regulation of system design features mustn’t violate the First Amendment.
Despite a modest fine, a settlement this week between Connecticut and online marketplace TicketNetwork over potential violations of the state's Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) (see 2507080010) includes significant takeaways, privacy professionals said. However, a consumer advocate said the $85,000 penalty -- the first under the CTDPA -- also shows how comprehensive privacy laws based on Connecticut's model don't do enough to protect consumers.
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