The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed to interpret whether the state’s Daniel’s Law imposes strict liability on data brokers for posting private information online, or if proof of intent is required. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals asked for the high court to weigh in at the beginning of September (see 2509040054).
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Connecticut could next year pass legislation like the California Delete Act and create a data broker registry, state Sen. James Maroney (D), author of Connecticut’s comprehensive privacy law, said on Marketecture’s The Monopoly Report podcast Wednesday. However, he said Connecticut would likely try to share the accessible deletion mechanism now under development at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).
A possible Pennsylvania version of Daniel’s Law made it through a key committee on Wednesday, though it continued to lack Republican support. The House Judiciary Committee split by party to clear an amended HB-1822, which aims to protect the personal information of public servants, similar to a law in neighboring New Jersey.
A Pennsylvania House panel punted for now on a bill protecting the personal information of public servants, similar to Daniel’s Law from neighboring New Jersey.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the state’s Daniel’s Law imposes strict liability on data brokers for posting private information online, or if proof of intent is required.
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A recent court decision on West Virginia's Daniel's Law is the first ruling to find a law protecting the privacy of public officials unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds -- and it will likely influence litigation in other states, said Troutman lawyers in a blog post Aug. 22. It could also lead to West Virginia amending its law, a Klein Moynihan lawyer said Monday.
A federal court dismissed a case against several data brokers accused of violating West Virginia's Daniel's Law. Judge Michael Urbanski ruled the 2021 statutory provision the plaintiff relied on -- which allows certain public servants to request data brokers delete their personal information from their public websites -- is unconstitutional.
Some state lawmakers are looking to pass legislation regulating the data broker industry in the wake of the shooting deaths last month of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband and the attempted killing of John Hoffman (D), a Minnesota senator, and his wife.