FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Thursday sued President Donald Trump over their “illegal” firings and argued for full reinstatement.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Monday signed SB-754, which would update the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit obtaining, disclosing, selling or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information without a consumer’s consent.
Expect House floor consideration for the Kids Online Safety Act and the Take It Down Act, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said Wednesday.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) asked the U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee on Monday again to deny NetChoice's preliminary injunction against a law requiring age verification to access social media accounts. Skrmetti argued the association's notice of supplemental authority concerns an unrelated data privacy law.
The FTC will host a workshop on kids online safety at a May 28 event, Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced Tuesday.
Regulating AI at the federal level might require a targeted approach on specific issues, rather than a comprehensive bill, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Tuesday during the Free State Foundation’s annual policy conference.
Connecticut Sen. James Maroney (D) took the middle ground in a private right of action (PRA) debate between Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark (D) and Mariner Strategies President Andrew Kingman at a Federal Communications Bar Association New England event Tuesday. The panelists agreed that a national comprehensive privacy law is unlikely soon.
The FTC will update its children’s privacy rules in “some form” that complies with President Donald Trump’s regulatory agenda, Chairman Andrew Ferguson told us Tuesday.
Priorities for Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner include addressing the privacy impacts of fast-moving technological developments and ensuring that children's privacy is protected, the OPC said in a Friday report setting out the results of a consultation on age assurance.
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 69-22 Thursday in favor of an age-verification bill (AB-105) aimed at keeping kids off of porn websites. One of many kids online safety bills advancing across numerous states this year (see 2503060022), the measure goes next to the Senate.