Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) issued criminal subpoenas Monday to Roblox to investigate whether the gaming platform’s actions -- or lack of them -- aided bad actors in harming children on the platform.
States increased enforcement and coordination this year, privacy experts said Thursday during a webinar hosted by compliance vendor Ketch.
Eight car insurance companies settled for $14.2 million with New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) over data breach claims impacting more than 825,000 state residents, the AG announced Tuesday.
Only one of the top 20 pornography websites is in compliance with Ohio’s new age-verification law, said Attorney General David Yost (R) after a review of the sites.
Mobile app stores and developers could soon face private lawsuits under a Texas age-verification law coming into effect on Jan. 1, Womble Bond privacy attorney Tyler Bridegan blogged Tuesday.
Networking equipment manufacturer TP-Link Systems may be aiding the Chinese government in accessing and abusing American consumers’ data, said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) Monday as he announced an investigation into the company.
El Cajon, a city 17 miles east of San Diego, broke the law when it shared license plate data with federal and out-of-state law enforcement agencies, argued California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in a lawsuit filed Friday.
Social media companies have a Jan. 1 deadline for reporting their content moderation policies to the New York Attorney General's Office, it said Thursday as it announced that the online portal for submitting those reports is open. The Stop Hiding Hate Act, signed into law in December, requires social media companies to submit terms of service reports to the AG's office, and report on the steps taken and on flagged or actioned items of content. “With violence and polarization on the rise, social media companies must ensure that their platforms don’t fuel hateful rhetoric and disinformation,” said AG Letitia James (D).
Lorex will contest Tuesday’s lawsuit from Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) and is confident the record will show the company has appropriately protected user privacy, it said in an emailed statement Wednesday (see 2509230050).
A coordinated enforcement sweep by California, Colorado and Connecticut signals “the growing power of multi-state cooperation on privacy enforcement,” Perkins Coie lawyers Alison Watkins and Peter Hegal blogged Wednesday. Other privacy lawyers also flagged last week’s development in blog posts this week.