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- The Eighth Circuit vacated the FTC’s Negative Option Rule due to the agency’s failure to issue a required preliminary regulatory analysis during the rulemaking process. The ruling comes just days before the...more
On June 10, 2025, Judges Loken, Erickson, and Kobes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard oral argument on consolidated challenges filed by a security services company and a number of trade associations...more
After much anticipation, on November 8, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board voted to advance proposed regulations for insurance, cybersecurity audits, risk assessments, and automated decision-making...more
11/27/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California ,
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Protection ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Technology Sector
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on March 15, 2023, that it is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) about the business practices of data brokers, which the agency said will assist it in “planned...more
3/28/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Machine Learning ,
Marketing ,
Personal Data ,
Request For Information ,
Rulemaking Process
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Commercial Surveillance and Data Security” on August 11, 2022. The ANPRM, approved on a 3-2 party-line vote, is the initial step...more
8/17/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Algorithms ,
COPPA ,
Data Security ,
Discrimination ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Privacy Laws ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Surveillance ,
Technology Sector
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan spoke at the opening of the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit on April 11, 2022, in Washington, D.C. In her first public speech on privacy...more