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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.
Privacy Daily is providing readers with the top stories from last week, in case you missed them. All articles can be found by searching on the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
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.
A deepfake porn bill gaining congressional momentum poses encryption-related privacy issues, policy groups said Wednesday.
Life insurance company Globe Life was hit with two class-action lawsuits last week in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas over its failure to protect the personally identifiable information (PII) of its customers when unauthorized access to information systems was gained in 2024.