On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facilitate formal, ongoing collaboration between all levels of government and the education sector on issues of K-12 cybersecurity risk management. Organized in response…
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CPPA Issues First “Enforcement Advisory” for CCPA – Data Minimization
Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, Damon W. Silver, and Mary T. Costigan of JacksonLewis write: The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued its first enforcement advisory concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In Enforcement Advisory No. 2024-01, the CPPA tackles a foundational principle – data minimization. Much of the attention surrounding the CCPA seems to focus on website…
Missouri’s ‘Taylor Swift Act’ targets AI image threats
Farah Siddiqi of Missouri News Service reports: Missouri lawmakers are concerned with protecting people from the potential risks of the increasing accessibility of AI-generated images and videos. The Innovation and Technology Committee is planning to vote on the Taylor Swift Act, a bill aiming to make it illegal to publish or threaten to publish AI-generated sexually…
Florida Supreme Court Approves Highly Anticipated Abortion Rights Amendment
Alanna Vagianos reports: The Florida Supreme Court approved a pro-choice amendment to appear on the state’s ballot in November in a Monday afternoon ruling. Floridians Protecting Freedom collected well over the amount of signatures required — more than 1 million — to get the proposal on the November ballot. Amendment 4, also titled “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with…