A private right of action survived a Washington House panel vote on a comprehensive privacy bill Friday. The state's House Technology Committee voted 7-4 on partisan lines to advance an amended HB-1671, with Republicans supplying the nays.
An Amazon spokesperson denied any wrongdoing in response to a location data class action filed under Washington state's My Health My Data Act. The complaint alleged that Amazon harvested the location data of users without their consent (see 2502120053).
The first class-action complaint under Washington’s 2024 My Health My Data Act was filed Monday against Amazon for allegedly harvesting the location data of users without their consent.
Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) warned New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) that a health data privacy bill the legislature approved could "create additional, and potentially unintended, privacy risks for individuals seeking to use health and wellness services in New York.”
Health and location data bills joined a growing pile of privacy legislation at the Illinois legislature this year (see 2502070049). Both measures would include a private right of action.
A bipartisan group of Georgia senators Wednesday introduced a comprehensive privacy bill in the mold of most other state privacy laws besides California.
Regulators are looking harder at privacy and expanding what constitutes personal data, sensitive data and consumer health information, Grindr Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Kelly Peterson said Wednesday during Privado’s Bridge Summit. However, Aaron Weller, HP privacy innovation leader, said it’s “not just about laws and regulations” for businesses seeking to prioritize privacy. “It’s also who are your customers and what are your customers’ expectations?”
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Life science companies should be aware of data-sharing restrictions under DOJ’s new rule banning cross-border data transfers to adversarial countries (see 2501070056), compliance attorneys said Monday.
Donald Trump becoming president again probably fueled momentum for a New York state health privacy bill, a business privacy lawyer and an American Civil Liberties Union official said in recent interviews. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) so far has kept her cards close to the vest concerning whether she will sign a health data privacy bill that sailed through the state's legislature last week (see 2501220073 and 2501210068). Meanwhile, privacy attorneys are sounding the alarm about possible business compliance problems.