The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision last month on the meaning of pseudonymized data has sparked a wave of legal comment because DPAs are split over how possible it is for third parties to retrieve personal information from such data, Hogan Lovells privacy lawyer Etienne Drouard said in an interview.
The FCC appears unlikely to make any moves to enforce the data privacy rules approved under the Biden administration, which were recently upheld by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, industry experts said Friday. Last week, the panel that decided the case agreed to hold it in abeyance pending the FCC’s review of the 2023 order, as the agency requested. The panel ordered the FCC to file status reports every 60 days, with the first due Dec. 16.
OneTrust agrees that businesses shouldn't set and forget privacy compliance tools, amid increased scrutiny from regulators, said Ojas Rege, general manager of privacy and data governance. In an interview with Privacy Daily, Rege also said that a great amount of enforcement action is happening behind the scenes, without becoming public. In addition, the OneTrust official warned that “AI amplifies every single privacy and data governance gap you have in your organization.”
With different definitions of who counts as a child in various states, more companies are treating anyone younger than 18 as a kid, said privacy lawyers and professionals during an Interactive Advertising Bureau webinar Wednesday. Davis+Gilbert attorney Gary Kibel predicted that disagreement on the age issue could become yet another obstacle to passing a national data privacy law.
DOJ and the FCC asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that rejected a $57 million FCC fine against AT&T for violating the agency's data protection rules. The 5th Circuit ruled in April that the fine was unconstitutional because it denied AT&T's Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The 2nd Circuit later upheld a similar fine against Verizon, while the D.C. Circuit upheld one against T-Mobile (see 2509100056).
A New York state law requiring retailers to disclose when they are using algorithmic pricing doesn't impede businesses' First Amendment rights, a federal court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a motion challenging the measure.
Use of AI in U.S. schools is linked to increased privacy risk, the nonpartisan Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) noted in a report Wednesday that surveyed more than 1,000 students, teachers and parents between June and August. In addition, the report found parents were the group most worried about school-related data privacy and that transgender and immigrant students are experiencing increased privacy issues.
Adding two more states to the Consortium of Privacy Regulators will increase the multistate enforcement body’s power, lawyers who previously worked for state attorney general offices said Wednesday. Minnesota and New Hampshire AGs joined the group, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced Wednesday.
Businesses should expect an increase in universal opt-out preference signals (OOPS) after California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Wednesday that requires all web browsers to support the functionality (see 2510080036), said Tom Kemp, California Privacy Protection Agency executive director. The CPPA and regulators in other states are checking if companies are honoring such requests, Kemp warned in an interview Wednesday. Newsom signed AB-566 and two other privacy bills earlier in the day.
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