A private right of action survived a Washington House panel vote on a comprehensive privacy bill Friday. The state's House Technology Committee voted 7-4 on partisan lines to advance an amended HB-1671, with Republicans supplying the nays.
DOJ will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse “unconstitutional” protections preventing the president from firing members of commissions like the FTC, acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris wrote Congress on Wednesday.
The FTC postponed its Feb. 25 workshop on digital platform features designed to keep kids and teens on their services longer and returning more frequently, the agency said Tuesday.
Comments are due March 17 on the FTC’s proposed settlement over allegations that GoDaddy misrepresented its data security practices for several years, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Thursday.
The U.S. shouldn’t rush to adopt comprehensive AI legislation, despite a growing patchwork of state regulations, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Wednesday.
Former FTC Office of Policy Planning Deputy Director Ian Barlow has joined Wiley, the firm announced Tuesday. His practice will be at the intersection of FTC regulation, cyber and data governance and privacy with telecom, media and technology.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday announced the next general counsel and director of the Consumer Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violated federal privacy law by allowing Elon Musk and his associates access to sensitive data, and the Trump administration is violating the law by halting work at the agency, a federal employee union said in two lawsuits filed Sunday.
The Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) would create redundant and conflicting regulations due to existing children’s privacy protections, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation said Thursday.
Sensitive information and transparency are key privacy issues that will continue attracting litigation, including in Texas, which has become a major player in regulation and enforcement, Odia Kagan, a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild, said in an interview.