Sen. Maria Cantwell Ted Cruz "I support Congress setting a nationwide privacy standard," but we need the right standard. Ted Cruz does not see #APRA being the right solution right now.

"SEC as cyber regulator" not going well. Matt Levine law360.com/cybersecurity-…

Essential reading nytimes.com/2024/07/23/art…

The FTC is looking into "surveillance pricing" practices -- using personal data to price things differently to individual consumers, often without their knowledge ftc.gov/policy/advocac…

New #CPPA regulations could redefine 'data brokers' under California law, impacting a broader range of businesses. Learn what this means for your company in our latest blog post #Privacy #Compliance zwillgen.com/privacy/you-mi…

A brief history of CCPA definitions (exaggerated, not legal advice)

Today the Senate passed the Kids Online Safety & Privacy Act (a proposal that includes both COPPA 2.0 and the Kids Online Safety Act or "KOSA"). Rather than read the tea leaves on what the House might do, I want to step back and look at how KOSPA fits into the broader lanscape 🧵

Even if eventually found unconstitutional, KOSA’s enactment would risk impacting FTC nominations, supplanting the antitrust/UDAP focus in favor of partisan auditions for Chief Content Cop™. Could have a lasting effect on the politicization of the FTC.

I am looking for someone energetic and curious for this job at The Brookings Institution: Research Assistant (Job ID: 2024-3495) (#Washington, Washington) #job social.icims.com/viewjob/pt1722…

No one works harder than DC bar promoters.

This story contains something I don't think I've seen before in Pacer: an email chain between a magistrate judge and DOJ arguing the finer details of car location tracking via "initiation of a signal." Judge doesn't like it. Quite remarkable! forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

Attention #PSR24 attendees — early bird tickets to PINK PRIVACY CLUB, this year’s #LGBTQ + Allies After Party on Sep 23 in Los Angeles, are almost sold out!! All funds raised go to LGBT Tech and SMYAL so register soon ~ lgbtqprivacy.org 💜🐄🪩

Pallone, the ranker on E&C, says he can't support KOSA in its current form, a huge blow for proponents

Case study in how *not* to do redactions

This article is a great read for anyone interested in the moral/philosophical arguments for privacy (though I didn’t appreciate the implication that privacy law is boring 😂) newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

More on the role of satellite messaging in emergency settings, this time via the The New York Times. nytimes.com/live/2024/10/0…

Glad to report that the other blue app seems great so far. I’m on the same handle over there, not checking this one much anymore.