The General Data Protection Regulation shouldn't become a tiered, risk-based entity, though the European Commission should have more centralized power to enforce it, Charly Helleputte, Squire Patton Boggs EU data privacy attorney, emailed. His comments responded to Axel Voss' recent tiered GDPR proposal. Voss is a German Member of the European Parliament from the European People's Party Group. He discussed his proposal during a March 3-4 Centre for European Policy Studies Ideas Lab panel.
Maryland lawmakers will narrow definitions in a data broker tax proposal so the bill targets hundreds, not thousands, of businesses, Sen. Katie Hester (D) said Wednesday (see 2502250042).
Privacy experts said they’re closely watching how a direct relationship is defined in California Privacy Protection Agency draft rules for the Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), an upcoming data deletion mechanism required by the California Delete Act. The CPPA last week posted draft rule changes to data broker registration rules (see 2502270066). The board is scheduled to weigh the draft and get a DROP update from staff at its meeting Friday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed data broker rule exceeds the CFPB's authority under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), tech and open finance groups told the agency in comments this week (see 2503030069).
The Trump administration is inflicting “real damage” by halting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed data broker rule, Better Markets said Monday (see 2308150075).
Maryland should create an AI working group instead of passing high-risk AI legislation modeled after Virginia’s potential AI law, tech industry representatives told Maryland’s Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.
Privacy, cybersecurity, and data broker expert Justin Sherman has joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) as a scholar in residence for 2025, the nonprofit announced Thursday. Sherman is founder and CEO of DC-based research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies.
The California Privacy Protection Agency released draft rule changes to data broker registration rules Thursday that support the state’s upcoming data deletion mechanism.
Nine people testified in opposition to New Mexico’s proposed Consumer Information and Data Protection Act during a bill hearing Wednesday, arguing that the comprehensive privacy bill doesn't protect minority groups and provides exemptions for large corporations. Despite two business groups testifying in favor of the bill, House Commerce Committee Chair Doreen Gallegos (D) delayed a vote until a later date.
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.