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.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should reconsider withdrawing its proposed data broker rule given the privacy-related harms linked to data brokers, Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said in a letter to acting Director Russell Vought on Friday.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauded Montana for being the first state to close a “data broker loophole” for law enforcement. Separately, Cooley lawyers noted Montana's leadership role among states in crafting the country's third neural privacy law.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will withdraw the Biden administration’s proposed data broker rule, the bureau announced in a notice scheduled for publication Thursday in the Federal Register. Industry groups requested the withdrawal in April comments (see 2504030059).
Massachusetts senators advanced a comprehensive privacy bill that includes a private right of action and Maryland-like data-minimization requirements. On Monday, the Senate side of the legislature’s joint Advanced Information Technology Committee advanced to the Ways and Means Committee a new draft of the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act (S-2516) that replaces bills by the committee’s Senate Chair Michael Moore (D), Senate Majority Leader Cynthia Creem (D) and Sen. William Driscoll (D). Some alternatives remain pending, including legislation by Sen. Barry Finegold (D), his spokesperson told Privacy Daily.