While AI practices continue to raise privacy concerns, privacy laws may create a pathway for AI regulation, said Clark Hill privacy attorney Myriah Jaworski in a Tuesday webinar about the rise of AI liability.
House Commerce Committee Republicans on Friday requested public input on potential federal privacy legislation. The elimination of a private right of action, preemption of state privacy and AI laws and conflicts with existing federal law were among the topics Republicans outlined in their request for information (RFI).
New Mexico lawmakers are weighing whether to join states like Washington and New York in passing health data privacy bills. The New Mexico House Health Committee voted 5-4, with Republicans voting no, to narrowly advance HB-430 at a livestreamed hearing Monday. Increased urgency in some states to protect reproductive health data privacy since President Donald Trump returned to the White House has driven interest in such legislation (see 2502210015).
The Washington Senate Business Committee cleared a kids privacy bill (SB-5708) in a voice vote Thursday, despite Republican dissent.
An AI transparency bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly is overly broad and anti-competitive, tech industry representatives told state lawmakers Tuesday.
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.
Perhaps New Mexico shouldn’t go beyond other states' privacy laws, legislators on the House Commerce Committee said during a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. However, an American Civil Liberties official encouraged New Mexico lawmakers to lead the way with HB-307, an opt-in privacy bill containing a private right of action, strict data minimization requirements and kids’ design code rules (see 2502060058).
Long-anticipated bills by Vermont state Rep. Monique Priestly (D) on comprehensive data privacy (H-208), an age-appropriate design code (H-210) and data broker deletion requirements (H-211) formally entered the legislature on Wednesday. The 2025 privacy bill “contains a number of adjustments that address concerns from stakeholders, including members of the business community, while maintaining the core consumer protections expected by Vermonters,” said an H-208 summary.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) will introduce three privacy bills this week, the lawmaker said Tuesday.
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