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CA Adopts Less Stringent Wildfire Protection Rules The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) approved regulations designed to protect homes from wildfires. The new rules are less stringent...
Wearable Recording Device Privacy Bill Nears Passage in CA A fast-moving bill ( SB 1130 ) in California would make it a misdemeanor to use a wearable recording device to capture sound or video of another...
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Less than a decade after Vermont became the first state to enact a data-broker registration law, states are beginning to demand more from data brokers than basic registration and disclosure. In 2023, California...
PA Lawmakers to Target Flock License Plate Cameras A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers plans to introduce legislation that would set oversight and privacy safeguards for automated license plate...
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The Trump administration circulated—and then put on hold—a draft executive order aimed at preempting state laws regulating artificial intelligence. The order would have directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to create a task force specifically for challenging state AI laws and directed the Department of Commerce to review state laws and issue guidelines providing for the withholding of federal broadband funding in some cases.
Earlier this year the U.S. Senate nearly unanimously rejected a legislative effort to deny states with AI regulations access to broadband funding. But Republicans in Congress are now considering adding a similar provision to the National Defense Authorization Act. (REUTERS)
The New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee advanced legislation (AB 4101 and SB 3017) that would require social media companies to provide a 24-hour hotline for residents to report fraudulent activity on their accounts, such as hacking. Companies that failed to comply with the law would be subject to a $10,000 fine for a first offense and a $20,000 fine for subsequent offenses. The Assembly passed its version of the measure in February. (NEW JERSEY MONITOR)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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