Tag: Federal privacy legislation

The 117th Congress has adjourned  after passing the $1.7 trillion, 4155-page “omnibus” appropriations bill, so it’s now official.  Even though several privacy bills advanced from committee in 2022, and bill sponsors continued to express confidence during the lame duck session, at the end of the day nothing passed either the House or Senate (let alone…

One of Big Tech’s favorite tactics in their incessant attempts to pass weak privacy here in Washington state has been to try to push a “compromise” bill through at the very end of the session….  So it wouldn’t surprise me if there are still some shenanigans in store for ADPPA. – Who could have predicted?…

Here’s the video of the webinar Maya Morales of WA People’s Privacy and I did, discussing the various privacy bills Congress is working on.  Thanks to Electronic Frontiers Georgia for hosting!   Or, if you prefer, here it is on Facebook. Here’s the description: Congress is working on a half-dozen privacy bills, most of them…

Last updated September 15 It could well be that [lobbyist Jon] Leibowitz et. al. are just posturing, and the industry plan is to demand concessions on other fronts in return for a “compromise” on preemption: add California’s privacy law to the already-long list of preemption exceptions, give the California Privacy Protection Agency the authority they…

Last updated: November 18.  See Updates at the end for a change log. The best way for any federal or state legislature to assure all consumers’ privacy is protected online is to stress-test their laws against the harsh and worsening realities of queer experiences. If a law can protect queer interests, it will ensure that…

One of ADPPA’s strong points is its focus on data minimization.  This principle has been a bedrock of privacy law as one of the Fair Information Practices since the 1970s, and is also included in Europe’s GDPR and California’s CPRA. ADPPA complements data minimization with a “duty of loyalty”, a powerful and relatively-recent innovation in…

Last updated December 16.  See update log at the bottom. As Danielle Keats Citron discusses in The End of Roe Means We Need a New Civil Right to Privacy, the Supreme Court’s recent decision allowing states to criminalize abortion highlights the stakes of online privacy.  In response, Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-introduced the My Body My…

A covered entity or a service provider may not collect, process, or transfer covered data in a manner that discriminates or otherwise makes unavailable the equal enjoyment of goods or services on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or disability. – American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADDPA) Section 207(a) Civil rights…

Even before June’s Supreme Court decision ending Roe, Congress was under a lot of pressure to act on privacy – a recent poll says 80% of Americans want them to act, thanks to a steady stream of reporting on data abuse by government agencies, ed tech companies exploiting kids personal data, sleazy surveillance-industrial companies like…

As expected, the House Energy & Commerce Committee advanced the bipartisan, bicameral American Data Protection and Privacy Act (ADPPA) on a 53-2 vote. It’s the first time this century a consumer privacy protection bill has ever made it out of committee in Congress, so congrats to all involved!   ADPPA’s next step is a vote…

With Congress in session for just a few more weeks before their next recess, this will be a busy week on the privacy legislation front.  It starts with two important hearings on Tuesday. At 7:00 am Pacific time (10 am Eastern), the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government’s Access to Your…

“The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade on June 24 has directed a spotlight on the question of digital surveillance, as Google searches, location information, period-tracking apps and other personal digital data could be collected and used as evidence of a crime if one seeks to terminate a pregnancy—or helps someone do so—in states…

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) Maya Morales, at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral March in Washington DC, June 18 2022 One thing I really want to highlight is that this kind of organizing requires a lot of work.  Non-profits like EPIC Privacy and ACLU work on a lot of issues, and so…

Last updated: June 18.  Originally published: June 14.   As Congress heads into the summer, there’s a sudden surge of activity on federal privacy legislation. The recently-released American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) has a hearing in the House on Tuesday, June 14. Meanwhile, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) is circulating a draft of her…