The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging a court to block the California Age-Appropriate Design Code, MediaPost reports. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in response to a lawsuit by technology industry organization NetChoice, the Chamber of Commerce argues the law is invalid because it "adopts a new threshold standard" beyond the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
The reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a "top priority" for U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement. The support was shared by the U.S.
Officials at password manager company LastPass announced an update to its investigation of two security breaches in August and December 2022, Engadget reports. The company found hackers infiltrated the home computer of an engineer "by exploiting a third-party media software package" and implanted a key logger on the software. The key logger captured the engineer’s master password, which had a key for the company corporate vault.
Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, said insights from a survey of 50 municipalities are included in its supervisory and guidance activities for 2023.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new enforcement, policy and strategic planning divisions within the Office for Civil Rights.
The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed it recently sustained a ransomware attack “that compromises sensitive information,” NBC News reports. The attack occurred on a single USMS server, which was taken off its network when agency officials “discovered a ransomware and data exfiltration event” Feb. 17.
The U.K. government won't act on the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information Bill during the current parliamentary session, Politico reports. A source said the bill will sit idle as the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology gets acclimated and devises its agenda.
Advocacy organizations are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to update its broadband "nutrition labels" to include easy-to-read privacy practices, MediaPost reports. "Simplified privacy notices will empower consumers to make informed choices among providers," the Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Ranking Digital Rights said.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker said the messaging app would leave the U.K. if its online safety bill weakens end-to-end encryption, the Guardian reports. "We would absolutely 100% walk rather than ever undermine the trust that people place in us to provide a truly private means of communication," Whittaker said.