Utah’s App Store Accountability Act, which passed by large margins in the state House and Senate, has been sent to the governor to sign. Passage would make it the first bill in the US to require app distributors, including Google and Apple, to verify user ages and then block minors under 18 from downloading apps without parental consent. Expect a legal challenge.
Allstate has been sued by the State of New York over handling of a data breach by the company’s National General unit. National General had back-to-back breaches in 2020 and 2021. in the first case, it did not notify drivers or New York officials about the breach. This was followed by a second bigger breach a year later.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of US Department of Health and Human Services just granted Elon Musk’s DOGE team access to the Federal Parent Locator System, a database that tracks children’s support payments. This was done over objections that it would provide DOGE with sensitive information about the income of millions of people.
Preliminary findings by the European Commission state that Apple and Google are in violation of the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Among the findings, Google Search is accused of prioritizing Google’s own products and services in results; Apple is instructed to improve interoperability between iOS and third-party devices. The companies now have an opportunity to respond.