Maryland lawmakers will narrow definitions in a data broker tax proposal so the bill targets hundreds, not thousands, of businesses, Sen. Katie Hester (D) said Wednesday (see 2502250042).
Companies should review the FTC’s new child privacy rules, even if the Trump administration is planning to alter what the Biden administration attempted to finalize, compliance attorneys at Akin Gump said Monday.
Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
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Washington state bills requiring privacy and AI transparency are apparently dead after missing a Friday cutoff to clear fiscal committees in the legislature. However, child privacy bills in the House and Senate cleared their respective fiscal committees in time.
Senate Republicans expect a straightforward path to confirming FTC nominee Mark Meador, which would allow the commission’s Republican majority to act on two privacy rulemakings.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) criticized a comprehensive privacy bill introduced Thursday in the state Senate. Sen. Thomas Chittenden (D) introduced S-93 on the same day that the Senate Institutions Committee started walking through the Senate version (S-71) of Priestley’s previously introduced H-208, which also seeks a broad data privacy law (see 2502130013).
Buddy AI is now complying with child privacy law, BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) said Wednesday (see 2502260053).
A Vermont Senate panel narrowed the scope of a kids code bill at a livestreamed meeting Thursday. The Institutions Committee then split 3-2 to clear S-69, with Republicans casting the no votes.
A video games industry lobbyist raised questions Thursday about Meta’s involvement in an Alabama child online safety bill requiring app stores to check users’ ages. However, at a livestreamed hearing, the Alabama Senate Children Committee supported SB-187, an app store age-verification bill spotted in several other states including Utah. The panel also cleared SB-186, requiring that phone and tablet manufacturers activate internet filters by default to protect kids.