Abusers Using Data Protection Law to Get Details on Victims Sonas Housing, an Irish refuge provider for victims of domestic abuse, reported that a child and protection welfare agency disclosed the personal details of a victimized wife and child. irishtimes.com/ireland/social…

California's AI Revolution: Proposed CPPA Regulations Target Automated Decision-Making The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board recently published several draft rules that, if adopted, will make California the next state to regulate AI .. jdsupra.com/legalnews/cali…

Launch of Coordinated Enforcement on the Right to Erasure 32 Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across Europe are participating in a coordinated enforcement initiative focused on the right to erasure, one of the most frequently exercised GDPR rights.. edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2025…

U.S. House Republicans Reignite Efforts to Pass Federal Privacy Law In a renewed effort to establish a U.S. national data privacy standard, House Republicans have announced a new working group dedicated to comprehensive federal privacy legislation. jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-…

ICO Launches Investigation into How Social Platforms Use Children's Personal Data The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has announced children's privacy investigations into TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur. The probes come as the ICO shed new light iapp.org/news/a/ico-lau…

Businesses in the US will be subject to a lot more scrutiny in 2025. Privacy advocacy groups encourage residents to exercise their rights, and consumers will begin supporting businesses that respect their privacy—and avoiding the ones that don’t. osano.com/articles/priva…

Apple just sold you out (for $20 billion) Google closes secret $20B deal with Apple to become iPhone’s default search engine… thetech.buzz/p/mode-mobile-…

Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations Honda must pay the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) $632,500 to settle multiple California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) violations. cppa.ca.gov/announcements/…

Attorney General Bonta Announces Investigative Sweep of Location Data Industry, Compliance with CPPA .sending letters to advertising networks, mobile app providers, and data brokers that appear to be in violation of the CCPA. oag.ca.gov/news/press-rel…

🤔 Privacy Violations Without a Privacy Law ?Case in point: the New York Attorney General just settled with an app developer for a little north of half a million dollars over privacy violations. New York doesn't have a comprehensive privacy law in place. ag.ny.gov/press-release/…

U.S. Senate Genomic Data Protection Act Companies that purchase data from direct-to-consumer genomic testing companies and requiring that a direct-to-consumer genomic testing company provide notice to consumers if the company is purchased or otherwise.. insideprivacy.com/united-states/…

A Response to 23andMe Bankruptcy Filing The company's privacy policy affirms that it will never share users' information with insurance companies or law enforcement without a warrant. But will the buyer of that information hold the same standards? npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-…

Virginia Governor Vetoes Weak AI Legislation Glenn Youngkin vetoed H.B. 2094, a bill that sought to regulate high-risk AI use in significant decision contexts like housing, employment, and health care. Regulating the use of automated decision systems... epic.org/virginia-gover…

ChatGPT Hit with Privacy Complaint Over Defamatory Hallucinations OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot's tendency to hallucinate false information. Privacy rights advocacy group Noyb is supporting an individual ..techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/cha…

Virginia Enacts Law Protecting Reproductive and Sexual Health Data On March 24, 2025, Virginia Governor Youngkin signed into law S.B. 754, which amends the Virginia Consumer Protection Data Act (VCDPA) to prohibit the collection, disclosure, sale, or... hunton.com/privacy-and-in…

👀 Privacy from the US Gov? The Privacy Act was flawed from the start. It contains a number of exemptions for the disclosure of citizens' private information, including an exemption for "routine use" that became effectively carte blanche for federal...wired.com/story/democrat…

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Companies are Ignoring Opt-Out Requests Under State Privacy Laws Consumer Reports and researchers from Wesleyan University released findings from a joint study examining how companies are NOT complying with opt-out requests sent by consumers, innovation.consumerreports.org/new-report-man…

Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Lawsuit Accusing Siri of Eavesdropping Five years ago, plaintiffs issued a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the company surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations from iPhones and other devices.. ksbw.com/article/apple-…?