The California Privacy Protection Agency’s head enforcer heralded “a new era of privacy enforcement,” in an update during the CPPA Board’s Friday meeting. The agency has “hundreds” of investigations open, and in most cases the targeted businesses don’t know about them yet, said Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement. “We haven't surfaced yet."
Ohio and Arizona age-verification laws will soon take effect, the Free Speech Coalition noted Wednesday.
Lorex will contest Tuesday’s lawsuit from Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) and is confident the record will show the company has appropriately protected user privacy, it said in an emailed statement Wednesday (see 2509230050).
A Canadian security camera company with ties to China misled consumers about its privacy and security standards, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Hilgers, in an interview with Privacy Daily, discussed how he's using his office's consumer protection authority, as well as the outlook for the state's new privacy law.
DOJ received industry requests this month to scrutinize the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) and other state privacy measures as possibly burdening interstate commerce. The closely watched Maryland legislation takes effect Oct. 1. The chief privacy officer of one company that flagged MODPA told Privacy Daily that his business' main concern is the part of the law's unique data minimization requirement that bans sale of precise location data.
A federal district court in California granted states a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop it from demanding that they part with the sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII) of millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients (see 2508190046).
BOSTON -- How a company communicates with privacy enforcers and responds to potential legal action are major factors in whether a formal, public settlement is issued, Tyler Bridegan, privacy and tech enforcement director in the Texas attorney general's office, said at the IAPP AI Governance conference Thursday.
As litigation over wiretapping and other privacy claims continues to rise, having a cookie banner on your website remains an important defense, said Morrison Foerster lawyers during a webinar Wednesday. But there’s more to it than that, they added.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (D) filed two lawsuits Monday against pornographic websites that the state said are in violation of its age-verification laws. The state said defendants "failed to implement the safeguards required to verify users’ ages before granting access to pornographic material."
Nevada recently shared state-held data about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants with the federal government, joining Vermont in complying with the Trump administration’s request (see 2508070013).