Switzerland proposes regulations forcing service providers to collect user IDs and disable encryption, threatening its status as a haven for privacy tech firms
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The US Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act by a vote of 91 to 3; the bills now head to the House
It's Our Last Chance To Stop It Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post : Senate passes landmark bills to protect kids online, raising pressure on House Maya C. Miller / New York Times : Senate Passes...
Q&A with FTC Privacy and Identity Protection executive Ben Wiseman on proposed commercial surveillance rules, connected car industry's data practices, and more
Suzanne Smalley / The Record : X: @montezumachavez , @mario_gug , @saalevine , and @therecord_media X: Luis Montezuma / @montezumachavez : RFN: What lessons have you learned from this commercial surv...
Legislators and privacy experts detail how the tech industry has sought to water down state privacy regulation in the US; 13 US states now have privacy laws
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Privacy experts say that US state laws requiring data brokers to register are not adequately enforced, letting large numbers of brokers operate under the radar
Suzanne Smalley / The Record : X: @suzannemsmalley X: Suzanne Smalley / @suzannemsmalley : Data broker registry laws have not been well enforced, leading many brokers to ignore them + raising questio...