- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-06-07T15:06:00
Florida on Tuesday became the 10th U.S. state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 262, which is scheduled to take effect July 1, 2024. The law is the fifth to be approved among U.S. states within the past three months, joining Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, and Montana.
Montana will join Florida with data privacy bills coming into force in 2024, while Iowa and Tennessee’s laws each take effect in 2025. Indiana’s protections will be effective at the start of 2026.
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Microsoft agreed to pay $20 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission addressing allegations its Xbox video game platform illegally collected and retained the personal information of children.
Indiana became the latest in a growing number of U.S. states with a comprehensive consumer data privacy law on the books.
Iowa became the sixth U.S. state to pass comprehensive data protection legislation allowing residents control over how their personal information is accessed and shared.
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is forcing many Big Tech companies to postpone the launch of artificial intelligence-powered features, like Apple Intelligence, over user privacy and data security concerns.
Location-based dating apps are not doing enough to protect user privacy, with exact location and other personal data being exploited by stalkers and bad actors, a recent analysis found.
Michael Macko, deputy director of enforcement at the California Privacy Protection Agency, described priorities for the agency now and in the near future during a recent board meeting.
