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2 days ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
"Employers today aren't just using cameras, they're using wearable trackers, facial recognition, speech monitoring and algorithmic surveillance to monitor workers at all times," Assemblymember Sade Elhawary (D), a bill sponsor, told the Senate Labor Committee. "This kind of monitoring isn't neutral.
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3 days ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
Privacy professionals have "built robust frameworks ... on [the] principles of data minimization, purpose limitation and data subject rights,” said Gail Krutov, senior privacy counsel at BigID. While these frameworks provide "a solid foundation," they weren't built for AI's "unique challenges," she said. Aaron Weller, leader of HP's Global Privacy Engineering Center of Excellence, agreed.
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5 days ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
Not 'the Last Word'|Top NewsAs some regulators expand their focus on protecting children online to include teens, industry is complying with new laws while seeking workarounds and/or challenging regulation in courts, panelists said during a Morrison Foerster webinar Monday. The struggle will continue for a while, they added.
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6 days ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
Privacy Daily provides accurate coverage of newsworthy developments in data protection legislation, regulation, litigation, and enforcement for privacy professionals responsible for ensuring effective organizational data privacy compliance.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
'Complicates' Health Data Landscape|Top NewsIn a decision with nationwide implications, the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas on Wednesday vacated a majority of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services motion to dismiss the suit, case 24-00228, was also denied.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
Age Flag Introduced|Top NewsThe New York Child Data Protection Act (NYCDPA), which took effect Friday, is unique for many reasons, including its age-flag requirement and because New York lacks a comprehensive law covering users of all ages, experts said in interviews. However, like a good deal of privacy and online safety regulations, it may face legal challenges, said Jason Oliveri, data privacy partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson. Gov.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
'Narrowly Tailored'|Top NewsThe New Jersey Supreme Court upheld Daniel’s Law in a decision Tuesday, rejecting a journalist’s First Amendment challenge to the statute that aims to protect certain public officials' personal information. In Charles Kratovil v.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Adam Bender
A similar bill last year passed the House unanimously but never got out of the Senate. The committee’s substitute for HB-860 would only target social platforms with more than one million active users. "Big Tech is profiteering off of our children,” said sponsor Rep. Jeffrey McNeeley (R) at the committee meeting. “We can't go after all [platforms], but we're going to go after the main ones.” Those are the companies with the most sophisticated algorithms, he said.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Kara Thompson
“I think we need to do a bit more work on the definition of risk, because right now, in privacy and AI regulation, risk has been defined as a very high-level thing,” said Gemma Galdon-Clavell, CEO of Eticas.ai, a vendor. In other fields, risk is “completely different,” she said.
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1 week ago | 
privacy-daily.com | Karl Herchenroeder
Wojcicki and the TTAM Research Institute stated a commitment to honoring 23andMe’s existing privacy policy and all applicable laws. TTAM said it will adopt additional data privacy protections, including a privacy advisory board and an annual report to state attorneys general. State attorneys general and members of Congress continue to pressure the company over honoring original data privacy and consent agreements with consumers. A court hearing on approval of the sale is scheduled for Tuesday.