With few public details about states' privacy consortium, lawyers are questioning what the group's formation means for enforcement and fines in the future. April's announcement could be another sign that enforcement is increasing -- and more reason for companies to bolster compliance efforts, said multiple attorneys who work in privacy or commonly defend businesses facing state investigations.
A bill aimed at amending the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) may decrease the number of lawsuits if it's passed, but plaintiffs’ attorneys could simply find other avenues to bring claims, privacy lawyers who often represent defendants in such cases said.
A coalition of stakeholders filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), blocking them from demanding and receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicant and recipient data from the states.
The Vermont legislature passed an age-appropriate design code (AADC) bill Thursday, becoming the second state this week to approve such a measure. Vermont senators voted unanimously by voice to concur with House changes and repass S-69, which would require companies to set maximum privacy settings by default for children. Later that day, the House finally passed the bill by concurring with a minor technical amendment related to the wording of the effective date.
The New York Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state Attorney General's lawsuit against TikTok will continue, the AG office announced. AG Letitia James (D) sued the social media platform last October for alleged violations of consumer protection and product-liability laws (see 2501230015).
New York state should update its consumer protection statute to respond to data breaches, AI-based schemes and other unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, Attorney General Letitia James (D) said Wednesday.
Businesses must traverse an expanding “minefield of state and international regulations,” said BigID CEO Dimitri Sirota in an interview last month at the IAPP Global Privacy Conference in Washington. The emergence of AI has also created privacy compliance challenges -- but the emerging technology could also make some aspects of the data protection profession more efficient, he said.
Google's nearly $1.4 billion settlement with Texas solidifies the state's status as an aggressive privacy enforcer, lawyers and consumer privacy advocates said Monday. Texas announced the settlement Friday in a case involving Google's allegedly unlawful tracking and collection of users' personal information, including geolocation and biometric data (see 2505090071).
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced a nearly $1.4 billion settlement with Google in a case about the company's unlawful tracking and collecting of user's personal information, including geolocation and biometric data. Paxton filed the lawsuit against Google in October 2022, alleging violations of the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (see 2210200075).
Days after an enforcement action against menswear retailer Todd Snyder, the California Privacy Protection Agency said its board ordered National Public Data to pay a $46,000 fine, the maximum allowed. The now-closed data broker failed to register as a data broker and pay an annual fee, as the California Delete Act requires, the CPPA said Thursday.