Many industries are sounding the alarm over proposed rules to implement the New Jersey Data Privacy Act. In comments submitted by the Sept. 2 deadline, industry officials said a draft by the attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs is too burdensome and exceeds what’s allowed under the NJDPA and other laws. On the flip side, several consumer privacy advocates suggested that the state legislature should overhaul the law itself to make it far stricter.
The California legislature passed a bill Thursday to require web browser support for universal opt-out preference signals (OOPS). Also, at our deadline, a California bill adding requirements for data brokers had enough votes to pass the legislature, though the tally wasn’t final. On Wednesday, the state legislature also passed a bill on social media account cancellations.
A California bill to require web browser support for universal opt-out preference signals appeared to have enough votes to pass the Senate at our deadline Wednesday.
NetChoice raised constitutional concerns Wednesday with Colorado's draft kids privacy regulations. Known for suing states over age-verification laws, the trade group and three other industry associations testified virtually at a Colorado Department of Law hearing on the same day as a deadline for written comments. “These rules will not survive a legal challenge,” said Patrick Hedger, NetChoice's policy director.
A frontier AI models bill by California Sen. Scott Wiener (R) “has plenty of time to get a final vote and get sent to the Governor by the Friday night deadline,” a Wiener spokesperson emailed Privacy Daily on Tuesday.
Massachusetts should pass legislation protecting privacy of individuals’ social care information, said an official from FindHelp, a social care data software company, at a livestreamed Joint Consumer Protection Committee hearing Monday.
California legislators worked up to the wire to make a Sept. 5 deadline for amendments, revising several bills on privacy and AI that are nearing final votes. The legislature on Friday posted fresh amendments on legislation related to universal opt-out preference signals, kids online safety and automated decisions, among other subjects. The legislative deadline to pass bills is this Friday.
Misinformation and amendments derailed a bill on data-driven pricing, also called “surveillance pricing,” that was nearing the finish line in California. After Senate appropriators last week narrowed the legislation to apply only to grocery stores (see 2509020025), Assemblymember Chris Ward (D) punted AB-446 to next year, he said in a statement Thursday.
Maryland’s attorney general could make privacy rules despite lacking direct rulemaking authority from the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA), WilmerHale’s Samuel Kane said Thursday during a webinar by Privado, a compliance vendor. That could tighten requirements under the state's comprehensive privacy law taking effect next month, the privacy attorney said. Meanwhile, MODPA is set to break ground for state privacy laws due to its unique data minimization provision, but companies can prepare now by more closely documenting how they use data, Kane said.
Draft regulations to implement the New Jersey Data Protection Act (NJDPA) may exceed the statute, said advertising, tech industry and news media groups in comments to the New Jersey attorney general’s office’s Division of Consumer Affairs. They suggested that New Jersey try to align more closely with other states that have comprehensive privacy laws.