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.
Age-verification tools are not a silver bullet that will protect children and young people on internet sites and social media platforms, speakers said Monday at a session of the European Dialogue on Internet Governance.
Employing reasonable practices and security measures can help companies comply with the multitude of state privacy laws, said HP and Maryland attorneys during a panel at the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy on Thursday.
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The Colorado legislature agreed Monday to add precise geolocation data to the definition of sensitive data in the state's comprehensive privacy law. Lawmakers passed an immigration bill (SB-276) that would amend the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) to do that and prohibit controllers from selling consumers’ sensitive data without opt-in consent.
Maine should follow “where the puck’s going” on comprehensive privacy laws in the states, said the legislature's joint Judiciary Committee House Chair Amy Kuhn (D) during the panel's hearing Monday. That means adopting a bill, like Kuhn’s LD-1822, based on data minimization rather than notice and consent, she said. However, two alternative Maine privacy bills would follow the approach included in state privacy laws prior to Maryland’s comprehensive law.
Privacy and data are at the heart of larger concerns about rights and freedoms, and consumers and corporations need to be clearer about their knowledge, understanding and intent around data collection and use, said data experts during a Tuesday webinar that privacy compliance vendor TrustArc hosted.
Microsoft supports regulatory efforts to simplify compliance with privacy laws globally, said Cari Benn, the company’s associate general counsel-privacy, accessibility and regulatory affairs, in an interview last week at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. Meanwhile, as Microsoft embraces AI, it's striving to apply privacy principles to the emerging technology.
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The Maine Judiciary Committee’s top Democrats unveiled a comprehensive privacy bill Tuesday that contains data minimization language similar to the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act. Judiciary House Chair Amy Kuhn (D) and Senate Chair Anne Carney (D) introduced LD-1822 with five Democratic colleagues.