Ohio senators on Tuesday weighed whether a bill requiring age verification at the app store level, or one that features age verification by app stores and developers, would better protect kids online.
Montana became the third state to regulate neural data as an amendment to the state’s genetic privacy law took effect Wednesday, adding to a trend of states overseeing the neurotechnology space (see 2508180034). On the same day, amendments to Montana’s comprehensive privacy law took effect, expanding its scope and introducing more protections for children.
Companies that collect customer data should strengthen their defenses against phishing, since it remains among the top cyberattack tactics, said panelists during a Practising Law Institute cybersecurity conference Monday.
When carrying out enforcement actions, regulators are looking for companies to be upfront about incidents and willing to work with them to solve issues, said state and federal regulators during a panel at a Practising Law Institute (PLI) cybersecurity conference Monday.
Although every state has a data breach notification law, each one imposes different regulations and reporting requirements, Emory Roane, associate director of policy at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC), said in a recent interview with Privacy Daily. While some protections exist at the federal level, a comprehensive breach law would help, as would data minimization principles, privacy pros added.
As litigation over wiretapping and other privacy claims continues to rise, having a cookie banner on your website remains an important defense, said Morrison Foerster lawyers during a webinar Wednesday. But there’s more to it than that, they added.
A recent spate of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcements has pushed consumer opt-outs to the fore, clarifying what regulators consider important, Cynthia Cole, an intellectual property lawyer at Baker McKenzie, said during a webinar Tuesday.
The California legislature passed two laws about artificial intelligence and automated decision systems on Friday, the last day for legislators to pass bills. In addition, it approved a measure on age-verification signals. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has until Oct. 12 to sign or veto the bills.
Regulating AI should center on limiting the technology's potential risks, labor representatives and other advocates said during a session of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity. At a hearing Thursday, they said their goal includes protecting state residents from AI's possible harms while also letting them reap its benefits.
While there are state and federal protections for sensitive data, a comprehensive privacy framework at the federal level is needed to ensure all modes of data sharing are transparent, legal and regulated, panelists said Wednesday. They spoke during a Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) webinar about the federal government’s recent attempts to access state data.