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Texas bills on data brokers and government use of AI passed the legislature and will go to Gov. Greg Abbott (R).
A Belgian Market Court decision last month has implications for companies that collect consent from data subjects for tracking, cookies and other online advertising tools using Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe's transparency and consent framework (TCF), Hogan Lovells privacy attorney Etienne Drouard said in an interview.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) posted a new version of her comprehensive privacy bill Friday. However, the legislature doesn’t plan to advance it until next year, following summer talks (see 2505280021).
Data broker LexisNexis Risk Solutions (LNRS) recently notified impacted individuals about a data breach in a third-party platform the company used for software development. The breach exposed the personal information of more than 364,000 people, it said.
The Texas House passed bills Wednesday on data brokers (SB-2121) and government use of AI (SB-1964). The Senate previously passed the bills but must vote again to concur with House changes before they can go to the governor.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed a law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages (see 2505210015). SB-2420 mandates that app stores obtain parental consent before a minor can download an app.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) argued this week that opponents of New Jersey's Daniel's Law, which protects judicial and law enforcement personnel's private information, would use First Amendment grounds to oppose almost all privacy measures.
French privacy regulator CNIL fined Solocal Marketing Services $1 million (900,000 euros) for commercial data prospecting without securing prospects' consent and for transferring their data to partners without a valid legal basis.
Grocery chain Kroger collects vast amounts of personal data about its customers and makes inferences based on it, resulting in different shopping experiences, Consumer Reports (CR) said Wednesday. While Kroger responded that the CR report is misleading, a California legislator said it supports his argument for passing his surveillance-pricing bill.