A multistakeholder approach to global privacy certification is "critical," Shannon Coe, Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (GCBPR) Forum chair, said Wednesday at an IAPP webinar. The key is incorporating as many common privacy principles as possible into certifications while respecting different approaches, Coe added.
The Senate Commerce Committee will consider legislation updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) at a June 25 markup, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday.
Cookies and other tracking technologies were considered simple tools to enhance website users' experience but have become "ground zero" in the data-protection consent space, privacy and cybersecurity attorney Scott Loughlin said at a June 12 Hogan Lovells webinar.
The FTC’s unfairness authority can continue to be a useful enforcement tool in holding social media companies liable for harming teens, former FTC Chair Lina Khan wrote in a Stanford Law Review article with former Consumer Protection Bureau Director Samuel Levine and former Chief Technologist Stephanie Nguyen.
Last month’s Privacy Law Scholars Conference showed exploding interest in privacy, as well as growing concern about how the government may be weaponizing personal information, said PLSC Chair Ari Waldman in an interview with Privacy Daily earlier this month. The May 28-29 meeting was the privacy scholars’ first conference since penning a letter that raised concerns about the Trump administration.
Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced bicameral legislation that would set data-minimization standards for the collection and sharing of personal reproductive and sexual health data.
Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app is raising questions about whether all users understand they’re sharing their AI queries with the world. Users on X posted about the trend this week with many examples.
Courts should be careful about using privacy-related remedies in antitrust cases because enforcement goals differ in the two policy areas, former FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen said Wednesday during the Future of Privacy Forum’s DC Privacy Forum 2025.
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya on Monday announced his resignation but said he will remain a plaintiff in a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s recent firings of himself and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (see 2505230044).
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan met with members on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.