New York must not give in to staunch industry efforts to stop a health data privacy bill, said state Sen. Liz Krueger and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal in an emailed statement Wednesday. The Democratic sponsors of the bill (S-929/A-2141) responded to a Monday letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) from many tech industry, advertising and other business groups calling for a veto.
Possible New York regulations aimed at protecting kids against addictive feeds raise significant privacy concerns, tech industry and consumer privacy groups agreed in comments reviewed Tuesday by Privacy Daily. The groups weighed in Monday on a Sept. 15 NPRM from the state attorney general's office to implement the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act.
The California attorney general’s $1.4 million settlement with mobile games company Jam City demonstrates that enforcers are focused on making opt-outs easy for consumers and that companies’ handling of teenagers’ data is important, said privacy lawyers in interviews and recent blog posts. It also shows that mobile apps -- not just websites -- are in regulators’ crosshairs, they said.
Election year 2026 could drive more headline-grabbing state privacy enforcement, said Womble Bond privacy attorney Tyler Bridegan in an interview with Privacy Daily. In general, state privacy enforcement seems to be at the "very beginning of the bell curve,” said Bridegan, who was recently director of privacy and tech enforcement for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). Also, Bridegan praised Ryan Baasch, another alumnus of the Texas AG's office, who's expected to be nominated as an FTC commissioner by President Donald Trump.
A New York state health data privacy bill could finally be sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in December, nearly a year after it quickly passed the legislature back in January (see 2501280023). Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D), the measure’s author, in an interview this week with Privacy Daily, said that she remains optimistic about getting the measure signed by year-end. “We’re still discussing any changes that [Hochul] might want to make.”
Growing enforcement and the AI explosion are driving steady growth in the global privacy compliance market, said IDC analyst Ryan O’Leary in an interview this week with Privacy Daily. IDC’s 2025 MarketScape report on worldwide data privacy compliance vendors found that the market grew 18% year over year, hitting $1.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
Aiming to stop a surge of litigation under New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, state Sen. Gordon Johnson (D) introduced a bill this week to amend the legislation to protect the privacy of judges and other public servants. Atlas Privacy, which has sued many times as an assignee under Daniel’s Law, condemned the proposal Friday. However, a privacy lawyer who defends businesses welcomed the bill.
Mobile gaming company Jam City will pay $1.4 million in a California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) settlement, state Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said in a press release emailed Friday. The company failed to provide consumers ways to opt out of selling or sharing their personal information across its popular apps, which include games based on the Frozen and Harry Potter franchises.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) defended her continued push for a private right of action (PRA) in comprehensive privacy legislation while speaking on Marketecture's Monopoly Report podcast Wednesday. Also, Priestley said she aims to respect donors’ privacy as she makes a run for state Senate in 2026 (see 2510290024).
Massachusetts took another step toward the possible passage of a comprehensive privacy bill. The House side of the state legislature’s Advanced IT Committee advanced a new version (H-4746) of the proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act on Monday.