PRG News Roundup, November 20, 2024
News NYC's school board is delaying a vote on a proposal regulating how the Education Department "collects, stores, and shares private student data, including names, emails, phone numbers, home addresses, and…
PRG News Roundup, October 23, 2024
News A U.S. District Court in San Francisco dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit claiming that Meta “misled shareholders in proxy statement about their ability to ensure the safety of children who use…
PRG News Roundup, October 16, 2024
News Book recommendation: The Right to Oblivion - Privacy and the Good Life by Lowry Pressly.In this book, Pressly argues that even though the hardship our modern technological reality, we…
PRG News Roundup, October 9, 2024
News Thirteen states and the District of Columbia sued TikTok on October 8th, accusing the company of violating their consumer protection laws by creating an intentionally addictive app that harmed children and…
PRG News Roundup, October 2, 2024
News California has passed a bill mandating car manufacturer and vehicle connected services providers to develop software allowing drivers of vehicles to be notified and given the option to disable…
PRG News Roundup, September 25, 2024
News Californians can now add their driver’s licenses and state IDs to their digital wallets on bothApple and Android devices. Other states - including Louisiana and Colorado - have rolled…
PRG News Roundup, September 18, 2024
News A study found that drivers are more likely to be distracted while using partial automation tech. OpenAI's safety committee announced it will oversee security practices as an independent body. Instagram announced…
PRG News Roundup, April 3, 2024
News The California Privacy Protection Agency issues a bulletin advising businesses to implement strong data minimization principles, including when processing consumer requests under the CCPA itself. Google settles a class action lawsuit alleging it…
PRG News Roundup, March 27, 2024
News Florida signed into law a social media ban for minors 13 and under, with 14-15 needing parental consent Portugal’s data regulator has ordered Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, given…
PRG News Roundup, March 6, 2024
News The House of Representatives will be performing a Full Committee markup of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act on March 7, 2024. This is a response to…