A coalition of 24 members of Congress, led by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., urged the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear en banc an August decision that upheld the FCC’s data breach notification rules, despite a Congressional Review Act action in 2017 that overturned similar requirements in other privacy rules (see 2508140052). Right-leaning interest groups also asked for rehearing, as sought by ISPs (see 2509290066). Briefs were filed Monday in case 24-3133.
A member of Meta’s independent oversight board feels a “sense of frustration” at its inability to address emerging AI issues like chatbots interacting with children, Suzanne Nossel told an audience in Washington Tuesday.
California will now require companies to notify residents of the state within 30 calendar days of a company discovering a data breach. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed SB-446 on Friday after it sailed through the legislature (see 2508290005).
The head of a tech association blamed age-verification mandates for a Discord data breach Sept. 20 that exposed the personal information and some government ID images of its users.
The Department of Labor should withdraw a proposed rule that would force states to share unemployment data because it’s unconstitutional and contradicts state privacy laws, consumer and labor advocates said in recent comments to DOL. Government offices in California, Texas, Nevada, Connecticut and Washington raised questions and concerns about the proposal.
The $1.35 million California enforcement action against Tractor Supply Co. this week raised the bar for privacy compliance, emphasizing that privacy laws and rights extend beyond consumers, privacy lawyers and advocates said in interviews with Privacy Daily. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) found that the country's largest rural lifestyle retailer violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in several instances, including how it handled candidates for employment (see 2509300010).
The U.K. government has no plans to ban virtual private networks (VPNs) despite a surge in users downloading them to circumvent age verification and estimation rules under the Online Safety Act (OSA), a government spokesperson said.
A comprehensive privacy bill passed the Pennsylvania House with "noteworthy" applicability thresholds and categories of sensitive data, a Philadelphia-based privacy attorney said Thursday. The state House also passed a bill Wednesday that would add a private right of action to the state’s data breach notification law.
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.
Democratic state lawmakers around the U.S. want to ban algorithmic pricing, but the “corporate lobby” is killing or watering down proposals, Colorado Rep. Javier Mabrey (D) said Wednesday.