16 Apr, 2024 American Privacy Rights Act Unveiled: Applies to More Entities Than Any Current State Privacy Law By Steve Millendorf The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was unveiled on April 7, 2024 and has a long way to go before becoming law. But if it does become...
11 Mar, 2024 European Commission's Use of Microsoft 365 Violates GDPR By Steve Millendorf You know it's bad when an entity you authorized says you violated the law that you helped enact. The European Data Protection Supervisor...
12 Feb, 2024 California state appeals court restores California Privacy Protection Agency's power to enforce regulations By Steve Millendorf While they would have otherwise been enforceable in about two months anyway, a California state appeals court has ruled that the...
02 Feb, 2024 California Legislature Proposes Modifications to CCPA for Children Under 18 By Steve Millendorf The California legislature has proposed what appears to be the first bill to amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) since...
22 Jan, 2024 AI Generated Human Voice Might Be Considered "Artificial Voice" For TCPA Purposes By Steve Millendorf California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined more than half of his fellow U.S. Attorneys General in urging the Federal Communications...
02 Jan, 2024 Colorado State AG Approves Global Privacy Signal as (First) Universal Opt-Out Mechanism By Steve Millendorf The Colorado State Attorney General has issued an update indicating that the Colorado Department of Law has chosen the Global Privacy...
05 Dec, 2023 Use of Personal Information in Training AI Models Should be the Same as Use of Copyrighted Materials By Steve Millendorf There is a lot of hype around providing data subject rights for the use of personal data in training AI models. I have always thought...
29 Nov, 2023 European Council Adopts the Data Act By Steve Millendorf The new EU “Data Act” perhaps should be more properly referred to as the “It's My Data and I'll Do What I Want With It” act, as it...
27 Nov, 2023 U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Cracks Down on Cookie Consent Manager Choices By Steve Millendorf The U.K Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is starting to crack down on cookie consent managers. The ICO's requirements for an easy...
03 Aug, 2023 California Privacy Protection Agency Announces Investigation Into Connected Vehicles By Steve Millendorf In one of its first enforcement actions as an independent regulatory authority, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has...
24 Apr, 2023 Montana and Tennessee are the next states to be on the finish line to pass privacy laws By Steve Millendorf Montana and Tennessee state legislators have now passed their own versions of comprehensive privacy laws. While the Montana Consumer...