The FTC should investigate how neurotechnology companies are handling and sharing consumer data using brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, Senate Democrats said in a letter to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Monday.
Neurotechnology is the next big thing in privacy law and our minds are the last vestige of privacy, Cooley lawyers said Wednesday during a webinar.
The Connecticut Attorney General recommends that lawmakers bolster the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) by scaling back exemptions, lowering thresholds of applicability, strengthening data minimization provisions, clarifying definitions and increasing protections for minors’ data, it said in a report. In addition, the report, released Thursday, recommends halting targeted advertising to children and teens and selling their personal data.
Several Massachusetts lawmakers supported passing privacy legislation Wednesday. However, at a lengthy livestreamed hearing, members of the legislature’s Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology said little about how they might coalesce around a plethora of comprehensive and narrower privacy bills that came up for discussion.
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Montana Sen. Daniel Zolnikov (R) is “very confident” Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) will sign his neural data privacy bill into law, the state senator told us after SB-163 passed the legislature Thursday. Montana senators voted 49-1 for the legislation, which adds neurotechnology data to the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act and modifies the same law to allow people to volunteer for medical studies.
The Montana House unanimously passed a neural data privacy bill on Wednesday. The House voted 99-0 to pass an amended SB-163 that adds neurotechnology data to the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board plans to meet April 4 at 8:30 a.m. PT to discuss and possibly act on proposed regulations on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), cybersecurity audits, insurance and other California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) rule updates, the agency said Monday. The CPPA unveiled draft rules revisions -- and plans to discuss bigger possible changes -- in meeting materials released the same day.
Massachusetts lawmakers plan to hear testimony on a plethora of privacy bills during an April 9 hearing, as expected, the Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity announced Monday.
In the privacy and cybersecurity enforcement arena, state attorneys general have begun to broaden areas of interest and shift their focus to new technologies and data associated with them, said Morrison Foerster privacy lawyer Linda Clark during a MoForecast podcast episode Wednesday.