Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced the “National Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2020,” a bill that would prohibit private companies from collecting or profiting from biometric
Continue Reading Federal Legislation Would Tell Private Companies ‘No Consent, No Biometrics’
The House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled a first draft of a bipartisan federal privacy bill.
Staffers on the committee sent the draft legislation to stakeholders and are seeking comments
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“Company executives would face possible jail time for lying to the Federal Trade Commission about privacy and data security matters, under a new bill by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a
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Sen. Ed Markey , D-Mass., has introduced a bill (S. 2577) imposing considerable obligations on data brokers regarding their handling of personal information.
Key provisions:
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A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources told Reuters.
Lawmakers disagree over issues like whether the bill should preempt state rules.
Continue Reading US Federal Data Privacy Law Unlikely by End of 2019
The U.S. Congress is considering increased enforcement powers for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), reports Bloomberg’s Sara Merken
“House and Senate lawmakers are weighing whether to give the FTC broad
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Some in Congress are renewing calls for strict federal privacy protections.
“We need a privacy bill of rights, a set of protections that is no less stringent than the people
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If it makes the individual go “huh, why did that (use of my information) happen?” you, company that provides a service utilizing data, may have a data protection problem on
Continue Reading Senate Committee Explores Data Monetization, Consumer Privacy Expectations
FTC, the De Facto Privacy Regulator.
The Federal Trade “Commission has settled or litigated more than 60 law enforcement actions against businesses that allegedly failed to take reasonable precautions to
Continue Reading FTC Filling Role of De Facto US Privacy Regulator
The Federal Trade Commission should be the primary enforcer of a federal privacy bill and to do so would need a larger budget. That is one point that seemed to
Continue Reading Common Ground in Federal Privacy Law Debate: FTC Should Enforce, Needs More Resources