Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On July 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed order that banned NGL Labs, LLC, and two of its co-founders from offering an anonymous messaging app called “NGL: ask me anything” to children under the age of 18.

On July 12, 2024, the EU Artificial Intelligence Act was published in the Official Journal of the EU.

On June 29, 2024, Rhode Island enacted the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act after Governor Daniel McKee transmitted the act back to the legislature without signature. The RIDTPPA will take effect on January 1, 2026.

On July 2, 2024, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published a new set of guidelines addressing the development of artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems from a data protection perspective (the “July AI Guidelines”).

On June 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division ruled that guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) relating to online tracking technologies exceeded HHS’ authority and ordered that it be vacated. 

On July 1, 2024, a new agreement between the EU and Japan facilitating data flows between the two jurisdictions entered into force.

On June 27, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives cancelled the scheduled House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of the American Privacy Rights Act, the latest version of which contains significant changes from earlier drafts.

On June 20, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill S7694, the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (“SAFE”) for Kids Act. The Act is the first of its kind to regulate the provision of addictive social media feeds to minors.

Last month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law a bill that amends the Colorado Privacy Act and introduces new obligations for processors of biometric data. The law goes into effect on July 1, 2025.

The Texas Attorney General’s Office joined the recent swell of regulatory and judicial scrutiny into privacy issues related to connected cars, driving data and telematics, launching an investigation on the data practices of several car manufacturers.