A federal privacy statute is badly needed, and the timing is right to pass one now, said Chris Oswald, executive vice president and head of law, ethics and government relations at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). He spoke Tuesday during a panel on data privacy at the group's Masters of Data Conference.
President Donald Trump’s possible health-tracking system with Big Tech companies should increase the urgency for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to sign a health data privacy bill that passed the state legislature months ago, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D) said in a Wednesday interview with Privacy Daily: “I will bring it to” the governor's office’s “attention today.”
States should amend comprehensive privacy laws to remove loopholes for consumer reporting agencies (CRAs), the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a white paper released Tuesday.
The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, directing federal agencies to potentially withhold discretionary funding from states with AI regulations that “hinder” innovation. California's privacy agency and legislators from two other states rebuked the proposal.
The Senate Privacy Subcommittee will hold a hearing later this month on comprehensive privacy legislation, Chair Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us Thursday.
There’s an audit trail showing Palantir is following privacy laws and protocols in its work with agencies like DHS and the Internal Revenue Service, the company's global privacy director said Wednesday.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t kept pace with privacy risks associated with wearable devices, Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., said during a hearing Wednesday. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., also addressed the issue, noting state laws like the Colorado Privacy Act impose security requirements on companies selling wearables.
Legislators in Texas, Maryland and Vermont say they will renew bipartisan efforts to regulate AI at the state level after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday dropped its proposed AI moratorium.
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The actual cost to a company from a privacy enforcement action could be many times higher than the regulator's fine, Clarip CEO Andy Sambandam said in an interview. Privacy has become a quickly rising concern for companies amid a growing number of privacy laws and state enforcement actions, he told Privacy Daily.