Vermont's attempt at copying New Jersey's Daniel’s Law has faced much deliberation in the legislature over the measure's private right of action. Bill sponsor Rep. Monique Priestly (D) has tried to counter that by increasing the cure period and allowing state attorney general enforcement, she said during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Wednesday.
A Virginia reproductive data privacy law taking effect July 1 covers many companies, poses significant compliance challenges and contains a private right of action, privacy attorneys warned last week. In addition, while many believe Virginia has one of the more business-friendly comprehensive privacy laws, the purple state’s narrower new law requires a higher consent standard than blue Washington state’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA), they said.
A coalition of attorneys general and solicitors general from 20 red states filed an amicus brief Thursday supporting the Trump administration in a case where the president fired a pair of Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB).
The 23andMe bankruptcy will likely lead to more privacy regulation and enforcement due to significant public awareness of the event and its possible implications for people’s sensitive genetic information, privacy experts at the Osano Privacy Pro Survival Summit said Thursday. Meanwhile, the rise of enamored but potentially dangerous AI technology could increase challenges for privacy pros, said Noelle Russell, founder of the AI Leadership Institute.
Testers, those who seek privacy violations with the goal of filing lawsuits, lack Article III standing to sue for pen register and wiretapping infractions under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), according to a decision from the U.S. District Court for Central California Friday.
TikTok doubled down on a dismissal motion in a case against it that alleges the social media platform violated consumer protection and product-liability laws.
Don't preempt state privacy laws, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) argued in comments to House Commerce Committee Republicans Monday as the lawmakers worked on drafting privacy legislation (see 2504070065).
The Arkansas Senate quickly passed governor-backed legislation to amend the state’s court-enjoined Social Media Safety Act.
In a lengthy hearing Tuesday in front of Vermont's House Commerce and Economic Committee, lawmakers weighed testimony from concerned parents, youth and other advocates of a kids code bill. However, the tech industry opposed the bill for privacy and First Amendment reasons.
Adobe's use of tracking tools embedded in websites to collect and then monetize vast amounts of users' personal information violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and other privacy laws, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for Northern California.