From the good folks at EPIC.org: Representatives Eshoo and Lofgren have introduced the Online Privacy Act, a comprehensive framework for data protection in the United States. The bill would establish a data protection agency, create meaningful privacy safeguards for consumers, and hold companies accountable for the collection and use of personal data. The bill is based on Fair…
Category: Laws
LA suspends Uber’s scooters and bikes permit after company refuses to share data
Sam Levin reports that Los Angeles has suspended Uber subsidiary Jump’s permit to rent electric scooters and bicycles because the corporation has been refusing to comply with the city’s rules on data sharing. The LA suspension follows months of debate over a policy that requires the companies to provide data to the city on the trips each vehicle takes….
Senator Booker Introduces Legislation Banning Face Surveillance in Public Housing
From the good folks at EPIC.org: Presidential Candidate Cory Booker has introduced the No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act, a bill to ban the use of facial recognition technology in public housing. “Facial recognition technology has been repeatedly shown to be incomplete and inaccurate, regularly targeting and misidentifying women and people of color. We need better…
YouTubers Are Lobbying FTC to Fight Child Privacy Law Expansion
Mark Bergen, Lucas Shaw, and Ben Brody report: A group of online video creators is protesting the Federal Trade Commission’s plan to regulate kids’ videos on YouTube, claiming new rules will hurt them financially and reduce the quality of programs on the world’s largest video site. On Tuesday, producers of prominent children’s YouTube channels will…