The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) has included a private right of action since it was established in 1967, and weakening this and other protections under the wiretapping statute would lead to abuse, said privacy experts Don Marti of the vendor Aloodo and Robert Tauler, an attorney, in an AdExchange op-ed Thursday.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) defended her continued push for a private right of action (PRA) in comprehensive privacy legislation while speaking on Marketecture's Monopoly Report podcast Wednesday. Also, Priestley said she aims to respect donors’ privacy as she makes a run for state Senate in 2026 (see 2510290024).
Massachusetts took another step toward the possible passage of a comprehensive privacy bill. The House side of the state legislature’s Advanced IT Committee advanced a new version (H-4746) of the proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act on Monday.
Amazon’s announcement that it will add facial recognition technology (FRT) to its Ring cameras poses privacy risks and may violate laws, said Mario Trujillo, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), during an audio companion to the group’s weekly newsletter Wednesday.
California Privacy Protection Agency legislative staff is closely watching potential preemption efforts on Capitol Hill while developing possible bills to tighten the California Consumer Privacy Act in its home state’s legislature, said an agency official during the CalPrivacy Board’s meeting Friday. The proposed bills would add whistleblower protections, require alternative methods for submitting consumer privacy requests and expand California’s deletion right to cover all personal information collected about a consumer.
Companies selling wearable devices should start with privacy by design to better comply with a growing body of privacy laws, said Duane Morris privacy attorney Michelle Donovan during the law firm’s webinar Tuesday.
A Massachusetts bill about employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated decisions advanced in the state Senate this week. The Internet Committee approved and sent S-35 to the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. The panel also cleared a social media accountability bill (see 2510160046).
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.
Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) is “more than happy” to hash out how to break through a strong industry wall against including a private right of action in privacy legislation, she said Sunday in response to a blog post by Don Marti, the founder of a yet-to-be-named services firm for post-surveillance brands. Priestley is the sponsor of a comprehensive bill with a PRA, but lawmakers punted it in 2025 (see 2505300047).
A comprehensive privacy bill passed the Pennsylvania House with "noteworthy" applicability thresholds and categories of sensitive data, a Philadelphia-based privacy attorney said Thursday. The state House also passed a bill Wednesday that would add a private right of action to the state’s data breach notification law.