Some groups seek assurances that they won’t be covered by rules implementing the New Jersey Data Privacy Act, according to comments submitted to the New Jersey attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs by Sept. 2. Many other business sectors urged the division to withdraw or significantly overhaul draft rules released last May (see 2509120009), according to comments obtained by Privacy Daily (part one, part two, part three).
The California legislature passed two bills on AI chatbots Thursday. Nearing the finish line are bills on automated decisions by employers and social media warning labels. The legislature passed measures earlier in the day on universal opt-out preference signals, data brokers and social media data deletion (see 2509110066).
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.