Companies selling wearable devices should start with privacy by design to better comply with a growing body of privacy laws, said Duane Morris privacy attorney Michelle Donovan during the law firm’s webinar Tuesday.
Florida’s privacy lawsuit last week against Roku surprised some data-protection experts, since the state’s Digital Bill of Rights frequently carries an asterisk in lists of the 20 state comprehensive privacy laws -- if it’s included at all. In the aftermath, however, some privacy experts told Privacy Daily that they’re still not ready to add Florida to the list.
New York should catch up with many other states and enact comprehensive privacy legislation, officials from the state attorney general’s office told a joint hearing of the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Science committees recorded Tuesday.
States increased enforcement and coordination this year, privacy experts said Thursday during a webinar hosted by compliance vendor Ketch.
A possible Pennsylvania version of Daniel’s Law made it through a key committee on Wednesday, though it continued to lack Republican support. The House Judiciary Committee split by party to clear an amended HB-1822, which aims to protect the personal information of public servants, similar to a law in neighboring New Jersey.
Employers won’t face a new set of California requirements on automated decision systems. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed SB-7, which would have added employer ADS rules on top of recent regulations about automated decision-making technology by the California Privacy Protection Agency and the California Civil Rights Council (see 2509240045).
Video-streaming box maker Roku “collected, sold and enabled reidentification of sensitive personal data” without receiving authorization or providing meaningful notice, the Florida attorney general’s office said Tuesday. AG James Uthmeier filed a complaint under Florida’s comprehensive privacy law and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the state’s 20th Judicial Circuit Court.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an age-verification bill and other measures aimed at protecting kids online, pleasing consumer advocates while raising the possibility of a NetChoice lawsuit. However, the Democrat also disappointed some advocates and pleased NetChoice over the holiday weekend by vetoing an AI chatbot bill.
OneTrust agrees that businesses shouldn't set and forget privacy compliance tools, amid increased scrutiny from regulators, said Ojas Rege, general manager of privacy and data governance. In an interview with Privacy Daily, Rege also said that a great amount of enforcement action is happening behind the scenes, without becoming public. In addition, the OneTrust official warned that “AI amplifies every single privacy and data governance gap you have in your organization.”
With different definitions of who counts as a child in various states, more companies are treating anyone younger than 18 as a kid, said privacy lawyers and professionals during an Interactive Advertising Bureau webinar Wednesday. Davis+Gilbert attorney Gary Kibel predicted that disagreement on the age issue could become yet another obstacle to passing a national data privacy law.