The Nebraska attorney general filed a lawsuit against online marketplace Temu on Thursday, alleging privacy and consumer protection violations. The state seeks to stop Temu from collecting, maintaining and using consumers' personally identifiable information (PII).
The Consumer Privacy Ombudsman (CPO)'s report on the 23andMe bankruptcy case recommends requiring separate, affirmative consent from consumers for the sale of genetic data before a sale of the company occurs. Neil Richards, appointed CPO on May 6, also recommended posthumous data safeguards and guaranteed duty of loyalty, among other suggestions, in the 211-page document filed Wednesday at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Eastern Missouri.
Vermont will have an age-appropriate design code (AADC) law. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed S-69, based on an Assembly bill by Rep. Monique Priestley (D), on Thursday, his office said.
23andMe defended its planned sale in a statement to us Tuesday, decrying a lawsuit and separate objection filed Monday by a bipartisan group of nearly 30 state attorneys general. The AGs opposed the proposed sale of collected genetic information without each customer's consent. Founder Anne Wojcicki and interim CEO Joe Selsavage defended the company's privacy practices during a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday.
The actual cost to a company from a privacy enforcement action could be many times higher than the regulator's fine, Clarip CEO Andy Sambandam said in an interview. Privacy has become a quickly rising concern for companies amid a growing number of privacy laws and state enforcement actions, he told Privacy Daily.
State privacy investigators are in constant contact about potential enforcement action that goes beyond the recently launched bipartisan consortium (see 2504160037), privacy officials from California, Colorado and Texas said.
While children and teens' safety online has been a focus of regulators and lawmakers globally, privacy experts believe this trend will continue growing, according to their recent posts.
As the California Privacy Protection Agency ramps up enforcement, it will “telegraph” how it plans to enforce the state’s privacy law and will act in ways that aren’t far from what other states would do, CPPA Executive Director Tom Kemp said in a wide-ranging interview Wednesday with Privacy Daily. In addition, Kemp panned Congress’ proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation while saying the agency is being careful about what aspects of AI may come under its jurisdiction.
A coalition of tech watchdogs Wednesday blasted the California Senate's passage of SB-690 (see 2506030058), a bill aimed at amending the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).
A recent district court decision blocking enforcement of a Florida social media law requiring age verification (see 2506030057) should serve as a reason to grant a preliminary injunction against similar measures in Tennessee and Mississippi, NetChoice said in court documents Wednesday.