MediaPost reports the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ruled mobile data broker Kochava must face a class-action lawsuit over alleged location data sales. The court's decision over Kochava's motion to dismiss indicated the data practices could "amount to an egregious breach of social norms."Full story
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is expected to work on several pieces of legislation related to technology when it returns from its August recess, The Washington Post reports. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said legislation could include a bill to ban children under age 13 from accessing social media. Other legislation could address regulations surrounding foreign-owned social media platforms, such as TikTok, and artificial intelligence.
At its 2 Aug. plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board will issue its binding decision on alleged TikTok children's privacy violations brought forward by Ireland's Data Protection Commission.
As EU data protection authorities seek to better harmonize their respective EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement actions, Opice Blum's Henrique Fabretti Moraes, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, CDPO/BR, and Tiago Neves Furtado, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, CDPO/BR, write that it's critical for data protection officers to understand how DPAs evaluate their role.
France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, offered takeaways from its sandbox initiatives in the digital health and education technology sectors.
Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, issued informal guidance notes on the use of website analytics and tracking tools under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Datatilsynet outlined nine areas of consideration for companies exploring tools, including data minimization, avoiding cookie banners and potential cross-border data transfers.Full story
Reuters reports France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, is monitoring Worldcoin's biometric data collection practices.
Israel's Privacy Protection Authority published an opinion regarding the collection of employee's location data via apps and vehicle tracking systems. The PPA said tracking or collection should be used "only in the absence of any other alternative" and after they "meet the proportionality requirement" under the Protection of Privacy Law.
Axios reports state legislatures in New York and Washington are considering bills to allow biometric scans to verify ages for licensed alcohol sales. Proposed verification would be permitted at bars, restaurants, sporting events and other locales, and potential data collection includes fingerprints or scans of palms, retinas or full faces.