National security surveillance, First Amendment issues and age-gating will be key privacy and technology policy areas to watch under the incoming administration, said Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) staff during a webinar Thursday.
U.K. regulator Ofcom Thursday issued industry guidance detailing how apps and sites can implement effective age checks to keep children from encountering online porn and protect them from other harmful content. Pornography providers have until July to introduce age checks, it said. The office also published a statement on age assurance and children's access, and warned that its age assurance enforcement program is open for business.
The FTC on Thursday announced its long-awaited update to children’s online privacy rules, which includes new opt-in consent requirements and data retention limits.
The FTC is finalizing changes to its children’s online privacy regulations “to set new requirements around the collection, use and disclosure of children’s personal information and give parents new tools and protections to help them control what data is provided to third parties about their children,” it said in a Thursday news release.
A kids social media bill requiring age verification cleared the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee with an amendment in a 10-1 vote at a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. The bill would prohibit kids 15 years old and younger from accessing social media unless they have parental permission.
The House Commerce Committee is organizing a working group to determine a path forward on privacy legislation, Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told us Tuesday.
A federal judge in California ruled Monday that a case against Google will continue, and the search engine must face claims that it tracked children’s YouTube activity to show them targeted ads, in violation of their privacy.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) on Monday asked to dismiss the Computer and Communications Industry Association's (CCIA) complaint against a kids social media bill. Also, Florida opposed the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction.
New-for-2025 comprehensive privacy bills appeared in Illinois and Oklahoma this week. In Illinois, state Sen. Sue Rezin's (R) proposed measure seems based on California’s law. The Oklahoma proposal, from Sen. Brent Howard (R), takes a Virginia-style approach. Privacy Daily is tracking comprehensive bills in at least five states.
Websites could soon be sued in Oregon for not keeping kids younger than 18 off pornographic websites, with a penalty up to $5,000 per violation. The Oregon House Monday had its first reading of a bill (HB-2032) mandating age verification.