Wisconsin Rep. Shannon Zimmerman (R) aims to fast-track comprehensive privacy legislation when state legislators return from summer recess, he said in an interview last week with Privacy Daily. The lawmaker is hopeful that he will find bipartisan support and that the bill will pass in 2025 after it hit roadblocks in prior legislative sessions, he said.
Privacy laws won’t be effective until legislators strengthen consumers’ standing in lawsuits, George Washington University Law School professor Daniel Solove said Thursday during a New America event.
House Democrats on Wednesday filed legislation that would ban AI companies from using consumers’ personal data to set prices or wages, as expected (see 2507160067).
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Monday introduced legislation that would ban AI companies from using copyrighted works to train their models.
California privacy bills related to location, public officials and reproductive health cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee after a lengthy hearing earlier this week, the state legislature’s website showed Thursday.
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) amended its data-protection law to give data subjects additional rights and protections, it announced Wednesday. The amendments became effective Tuesday.
Virginia’s reproductive health data privacy law could be amended next year in response to concerns from retailers, state Sen. Barbara Favola (D) said in an email to Privacy Daily Wednesday. “I expect to be making some changes to my data privacy law during the 2026 session.”
Republicans and business groups during two hearings Tuesday objected to California legislation seeking limits on surveillance pricing. They raised concerns with proposals regulating businesses’ price flexibility and providing a private right of action.
Though litigation against tracking technologies may have become excessive, it’s better to ensure your company is in compliance with all privacy statutes than to complain about abusive lawsuits, said privacy experts during a panel on the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) hosted by Troutman Amin on Monday.
Despite a modest fine, a settlement this week between Connecticut and online marketplace TicketNetwork over potential violations of the state's Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) (see 2507080010) includes significant takeaways, privacy professionals said. However, a consumer advocate said the $85,000 penalty -- the first under the CTDPA -- also shows how comprehensive privacy laws based on Connecticut's model don't do enough to protect consumers.