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Categories : CDPI Privacy Newsletter
Dates : April 2024

Meet APRA – maybe the future US law

April 16, 2024
The US may have moved closer to a federal privacy bill with the newly fashioned American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The bipartisan bill introduced by Washington State lawmakers, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, draws on US state privacy laws and on tenets of GDPR. It posits a private right of action for recourse against companies for non-deletion of data or not obtaining proper consent, a right for individuals to opt out of ads, and the right to prevent transfer or sale of their data.
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Children’s Privacy: Meta to use AI to find & blur nude photos…protect children

April 16, 2024
Upping the game to protect minors, Meta is developing an AI “nudity protection” tool to use on Instagram. This after the company faced legal charges of exploiting young users to encourage use of their platforms despite knowledge that it harms mental health. The “sexploitation” protection mechanism will find and blur images containing nudity that were sent to minors, and then let recipients choose whether to see the images.  Not sure this is reassuring….
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NJ business leaders overheard discussing ways to weaken to privacy law

April 9, 2024
Daniel’s Law is a New Jersey regulation designed to protect law enforcement officials, including judges and police officers, by keeping personal information such as home address and phone numbers private. One of the strictest US laws, it gives officials the right to sue companies that don’t comply. Now, an overheard call between leaders, including from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the Consumer Data Industry Association, and the data broker Acxiom, raised alarms they might work to weaken the law.
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IT’S THE LAW (04/09/2024)

April 9, 2024
Colorado’s “Act Concerning Protection of the Privacy of Individuals’ Biological Data”, is a law pending the governor’s signature. Once passed, it will mark the first law in the US specifically designed to protect collection, use and disclosure of biological (including genetic, biochemical, and physiological) data and neural (relating to central or peripheral nervous system) data. This is seen as an important area of privacy law other states are expected to put increased emphasis on.
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