A proposed Missouri Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) would include a private right of action. State Sen. Nick Schroer (R) proposed SB-118 on Wednesday.
North Carolina agencies must protect women’s medical privacy under a new executive order on reproductive health. Gov. Josh Stein (D) announced the EO on Thursday.
Data brokers have a Jan. 31 deadline to provide the California Privacy Protection Agency with full metrics about their responses in 2023 to privacy rights, Kelley Drye attorneys warned in a blog post earlier this week.
Biometric and genetic privacy bills emerged in Hawaii and Montana on Wednesday.
Massachusetts state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D) filed a comprehensive privacy bill based on a model bill (see 2501070081) by Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said CR on Thursday.
New Jersey’s privacy law took effect Wednesday. It’s the 14th of 20 states with enforceable privacy laws and the fifth comprehensive state law to take effect this month, increasing companies’ risk (see 2501060066).
A kids social media bill requiring age verification cleared the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee with an amendment in a 10-1 vote at a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. The bill would prohibit kids 15 years old and younger from accessing social media unless they have parental permission.
Hawaiians would vote on having a state constitutional “right to own one’s own data” under a bill (SB-170) that state Sen. Karl Rhoads and five other Democrats proposed Monday.
An Alaska agency would need to notify individuals when transferring their personal information to another state agency, under a bill introduced last week. State Sen. Shelley Hughes (R) prefiled SB-2 Friday, ahead of the legislative session that starts Jan. 21. SB-2 also tackles election deepfakes and state agencies’ use of generative AI, as in a similar bill last year that never received a vote on the Senate floor.
Websites could soon be sued in Oregon for not keeping kids younger than 18 off pornographic websites, with a penalty up to $5,000 per violation. The Oregon House Monday had its first reading of a bill (HB-2032) mandating age verification.