Video-streaming box maker Roku “collected, sold and enabled reidentification of sensitive personal data” without receiving authorization or providing meaningful notice, the Florida attorney general’s office said Tuesday. AG James Uthmeier filed a complaint under Florida’s comprehensive privacy law and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the state’s 20th Judicial Circuit Court.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an age-verification bill and other measures aimed at protecting kids online, pleasing consumer advocates while raising the possibility of a NetChoice lawsuit. However, the Democrat also disappointed some advocates and pleased NetChoice over the holiday weekend by vetoing an AI chatbot bill.
Age-restricted social media platforms are "on notice" that they must comply with Australia's strict minimum age scheme, which takes effect Dec. 10, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind warned Friday.
A Mississippi law that requires parental consent for those younger than 18 to create accounts with certain digital service providers poses significant privacy concerns and violates the First Amendment, according to a horde of amicus briefs filed Thursday. The briefs asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to side with NetChoice and strike down the Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.
As expected, Colorado's Department of Law finalized and adopted draft amendments to Colorado's Privacy Act (CPA) Wednesday.
Around 70,000 global users of Discord may have had their government ID photos exposed in the Sept. 20 data breach, said Discord in an update Wednesday. The company notified stakeholders of the breach Oct. 3. Meanwhile, Texas said Thursday it's expanding a probe of Discord.
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.
Brazil's DPA became an autonomous regulatory agency with new powers for the digital protection of children and adolescents as of Sept. 18, Baker McKenzie attorney Flavia Rebello Pereira blogged Wednesday.
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.
An Ohio state representative questioned Google’s intentions for supporting an age-verification bill (HB-302) at a House Judiciary Committee hearing livestreamed Wednesday.