The FTC will serve as a partner to DOJ as the department works to enforce its new Data Security Program (DSP), Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday evening.
Oregon privacy regulators noticed a spike in consumers complaining about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and how the government may be handing their personal information, the state DOJ said Monday. Also, the department released a Q1 2025 report on enforcement of the state’s comprehensive privacy law.
The Connecticut Senate is likely to vote on data privacy and AI legislation in mid-May, state Sen. James Maroney (D) told Privacy Daily on the sidelines of the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Tuesday.
Law enforcement called out John Molinelli, former Bergen County prosecutor, and the Public Safety Information Protection Coalition (PSIPC) for attempts to weaken Daniel's Law, which protects the sensitive information of certain public servants and their families. An open letter headed by Peter Andreyev, president of the New Jersey State Policemen's Benevolent Association (PBA), was published Wednesday in the New Jersey Globe.
Vermont's attempt at copying New Jersey's Daniel’s Law has faced much deliberation in the legislature over the measure's private right of action. Bill sponsor Rep. Monique Priestly (D) has tried to counter that by increasing the cure period and allowing state attorney general enforcement, she said during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Wednesday.
A Virginia reproductive data privacy law taking effect July 1 covers many companies, poses significant compliance challenges and contains a private right of action, privacy attorneys warned last week. In addition, while many believe Virginia has one of the more business-friendly comprehensive privacy laws, the purple state’s narrower new law requires a higher consent standard than blue Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), they said.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should finalize its proposed data broker rule to clarify consumer privacy rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), consumer advocates said in comments due Friday. CFPB solicited comment on a request for information concerning data collection and monetization associated with personal finance services.
Adobe's use of tracking tools embedded in websites to collect and then monetize vast amounts of users' personal information violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and other privacy laws, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken up a challenge to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which plaintiffs say is a violation of the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit’s review of such a law is unusual and will impact other states that attempt to model it, but might also serve as an opportunity to review the statute and tighten it, said privacy lawyers.
Microsoft tracks and indefinitely records the personally identifiable information (PII) and internet activity of millions of Americans through its advertising and analytics platform and profits off that information, according to allegations in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for Western Washington.