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Some privacy lawyers for businesses are taking a judge’s condemnation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act as a potential rallying cry for passing a bill to overhaul CIPA. The California legislature this year decided to postpone consideration on such a bill (SB-690) until 2026 due to consumer privacy concerns. But in an Oct. 17 decision, U.S. District Court of Northern California Judge Vince Chhabria recommended legislative action, writing that the “state of affairs with CIPA is untenable.”
The California Privacy Protection Agency could have a decision from the state's Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on Delete Act regulations just in time for the CPPA board's Nov. 7 meeting.
Although it's mainly a framework at present, Italy's AI Act (Law No. 132/2025) represents a "sophisticated regulatory approach" that could influence other EU countries and the U.K., lawyers said recently. The country was the first to adopt the EU AI Act into national law.
Apple, Microsoft, Snap and X continue to lead a tech industry push for passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) against opponents like Meta, Google, ByteDance and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to the latest Senate lobbying numbers.
As the scope and usage of facial recognition technology increases, privacy advocates are increasingly concerned about a lack of regulation as well as carve-outs in instances where rules exist, they said in interviews with Privacy Daily. But there are existing laws that cover the technology, some contended.
Meta and TikTok may have breached provisions of the Digital Services Act (DSA) regarding transparency and user rights and empowerment, the European Commission said Friday. Neither company commented immediately.
While there hasn't been a big headline for privacy in 2025, many important smaller developments occurred, George Washington University law professor Daniel Solove and Red Clover Advisors CEO Jodi Daniels said during a webinar Solove hosted Thursday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should retain consumer privacy protections in Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act and continue guarding against third-party financial data abuse, consumer groups told the CFPB in comments due Tuesday (see 2508210038).
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