Most California Assembly Privacy Committee members supported legislation meant to stop so-called “surveillance pricing” during a livestreamed hearing Tuesday. However, some lawmakers said they believe market forces could deal with stores that try to set higher prices for individual consumers based on their personal information.
Multiple state attorneys general signaled that they will flex their privacy enforcement muscles in the wake of President Donald Trump's Tuesday firing of Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter. Privacy experts said the development raises new concerns about the fate of trans-Atlantic personal data transfers and the legitimacy of potential FTC rulemaking decisions.
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Expect House Republicans to take up a Senate-passed deepfake porn bill “promptly,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday (see 2503050017).
The FTC’s proposed rule under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) includes some concerning language related to “indefinite” data retention, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said Wednesday.
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Legislation that would allow individuals to sue tech platforms for hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) increases privacy protections for victims, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Tuesday.
The FTC asked an Idaho court Friday to deny data broker Kochava’s request for a jury trial and strike its affirmative defenses in a case alleging that the company's data sales are unfair acts or practices likely to cause substantial injury to consumers in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTC Act.
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on advancing Mark Meador’s FTC nomination on March 12, Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced Wednesday (see 2503030044). Michael Kratsios’ nomination for Office of Science and Technology Policy director is also on the agenda.
Expect the Trump administration’s FTC to take a less aggressive approach to privacy enforcement than the prior administration, a former FTC enforcer said at a BBB National Programs webinar Thursday. Meanwhile, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has focused on enforcement claims related to geolocation data, said Tyler Bridegan, who heads that state’s privacy enforcement unit.