California bill on police use of facial recognition passes second reading
California’s Senate Public Safety Committee has unanimously voted to advance Assembly Bill 1814, which would prevent police using facial recognition…
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House committee wants to check TSA’s digital identity homework
The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee has advanced legislation that would require the Transportation Security Authority (TSA) to produce a…
Vermont governor rejects privacy law that would be among strongest in US
The governor of Vermont says the state’s proposed data protection law is too risky, and has returned H.121, “An act…
California law wants marketplaces to collect digital ID data from high-volume sellers
Democratic lawmakers in the golden state are fast-tracking a bill that would force online marketplaces to start collecting identity data…
Age assurance laws trigger lawsuits in ongoing scuffle with porn, social media
Lawsuits continue to accumulate in the battle over age verification measures intended to protect minors from accessing adult content online,…
Bills to ban facial recognition spark lively debate in New York council
New York City Council chambers hosted a policy donnybrook over facial recognition technology today, as members grilled representatives from the…
Online age checks blasted by US rights group, researchers
Online age checks are threatening Americans’ constitutional rights, according to a free speech advocacy group and a team of academics….
Colorado HB 1130: The nation’s first-of-its-kind hybrid biometrics law
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On May 31, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into…
Data protection laws in Southern Africa big win for digital rights: Report
A report on the state of digital rights in Southern Africa has praised efforts by countries in the region to…
Age assurance and children’s data privacy regulations come with endless complexity
Privacy regulation is “an incredibly complex regulatory landscape,” says Claire Quinn, chief data privacy officer for Privo, in a panel…
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