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.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has taken up a challenge to New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which plaintiffs say is a violation of the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit’s review of such a law is unusual and will impact other states that attempt to model it, but might also serve as an opportunity to review the statute and tighten it, said privacy lawyers.
On Thursday, District Judge Denise Cote partially rejected the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) motion to dismiss a case alleging violations of the 1974 Privacy Act.
A revival of a California bill that would require all web browsers and mobile operating systems to provide universal opt-out mechanisms cleared its first test in the state legislature and received bipartisan support. At a late Tuesday hearing, the California Assembly Privacy Committee voted 9-0 to advance AB-566 to the Appropriations Committee.
NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) refiled a lawsuit Friday against Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) over HB-3, which the groups allege violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents. The same day at another federal district court, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) sought to dismiss a separate NetChoice lawsuit against the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) sued General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary OnStar for collecting and selling Indiana drivers’ personal data to third parties without their consent, including insurance companies, violating the company's own Consumer Privacy Protection Principles as well as the state consumer protection laws, Rokita announced Thursday.
On Monday, a judge for the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania ruled that website privacy statements that disclose third-party data collection do not violate the state's wiretapping laws, throwing out a case against clothing boutique company Harriet Carter, which faced a class action lawsuit for wiretapping claims.
Connecticut Sen. James Maroney (D) took the middle ground in a private right of action (PRA) debate between Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark (D) and Mariner Strategies President Andrew Kingman at a Federal Communications Bar Association New England event Tuesday. The panelists agreed that a national comprehensive privacy law is unlikely soon.
The bankruptcy of biotechnology company 23andMe is raising privacy concerns about the future of customers' sensitive genetic data. Democratic and Republican state AGs and the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office said they're monitoring the situation.