Lindsey Tonsager, Libbie Canter, Alexandra Scott, Jayne Ponder, and Frank Broomell of Covington and Burling write: Utah appears poised to be the next state with a comprehensive privacy law on its books, following California, Virginia, and Colorado. On March 2nd, the Utah House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve an amended version of the legislative proposal, and the…
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No reasonable expectation of privacy in Twitter account closed for violating TOS for child porn
Seen at FourthAmendment.com: Twitter deactivated defendant’s account for violation of its terms of service and reported him to NCMEC. Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the files Twitter had preserved on him. “The Court finds under the circumstances of the case and in light of Twitter’s express zero tolerance policy for child sexual…
Utah on the cusp of US’s latest comprehensive state privacy law
Joseph Duball writes: Passing a comprehensive state privacy law has proven to be no small task. Doing it in a week’s span is arguably impossible. Yet after just five working days, the Utah Legislature has settled on a law. Senate Bill 227, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, cleared the Senate Feb. 25 on a 28-0 vote…
Maryland Proposes New K-12 Student Data Privacy Law
Brandon Paykamian reports that state lawmakers sent Senate Bill 325 to the House for consideration. The bill would amend the state’s Student Data Privacy Act of 2015. According to language in the bill, SB 325 would require local districts to submit a list of digital tools approved for use by educators, and it would require the…