PRG News Roundup, February 28, 2024
NewsOn February 20, 2024, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford filed a motion to prevent Meta from providing end-to-end encryption on Messenger for users residing in the state who are under…
PRG News Roundup, February 22, 2024
News The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes to the current research data request and access policies in the name of data security that will limit individual…
PRG News Roundup, February 7, 2024
News Google agreed to a $350 million settlement over a lawsuit related to a security lapse that exposed Google Plus users’ data, amidst other legal challenges for privacy and competition…
PRG News Roundup, January 31, 2024
News Child access and privacy work are at the forefront of issues being addressed politically. On Wednesday, January 31, five CEOs from major tech companies, including Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg…
PRG News Roundup, January 24, 2024
News Earlier this month, New Jersey became the thirteenth state to pass a comprehensive privacy bill. The law, which will go into effect January 15, 2024, is said to borrow many…
PRG News Roundup, November 29, 2023
Meta's paid ad-free service launched in Europe in November was targeted in an Austrian privacy complaint. The complaint was filed by the digital rights group NOYB with Austria's Data Protection…
PRG News Roundup, November 15, 2023
News The European Parliament adopted the final version of the Data Act on November 9, 2023. The Data Act aims to create a new single market for data sharing and…
PRG News Roundup, October 25, 2023
News The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) proposed the Personal Financial Data Rights rule to give people a legal right to give third parties access to their data related to…
PRG News Roundup, November 1, 2023
News The Biden-Harris Administration issued a landmark executive order entitled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI.” The order aims to standardize federal procurement of AI, and to lay out the groundwork for establishing new…
PRG News Roundup, October 18, 2023
News California governor Gavin Newsom signed the Delete Act, which requires data brokers to register with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) and charges the CPPA with developing a one-stop-shop deletion…