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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.
Expect movement shortly on three Vermont privacy bills, including a comprehensive privacy measure, state Rep. Monique Priestley (D) said in an interview at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington earlier this week. Priestley will continue tweaking the legislation based on feedback, including a change covering more businesses in her kids code bill.
Legal challenges around AI are growing with the technology, said an OpenAI official during a Wednesday panel at the IAPP Global Policy Summit in Washington. Meanwhile, an official from Anthropic said the company is emphasizing safety and transparency with Claude, its AI assistant.
House Commerce Committee Republicans are “committed to moving” a federal privacy bill “this Congress,” a committee staffer said at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit on Thursday.
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.
Colorado senators removed language from an immigration civil rights bill that might have revised the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) to include a Maryland-style data minimization standard. The Senate voted 22-13 on Monday to pass SB-276, sending it to the House.
The Connecticut Attorney General recommends that lawmakers bolster the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) by scaling back exemptions, lowering thresholds of applicability, strengthening data minimization provisions, clarifying definitions and increasing protections for minors’ data, it said in a report. In addition, the report, released Thursday, recommends halting targeted advertising to children and teens and selling their personal data.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) wants feedback about proposed guidelines on processing personal data through blockchains, it said Monday.
The German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) reported Thursday on the office's activities last year, highlighting its significant digital successes.