Episode 184 — September 2024 Data Privacy News

Data Privacy Detective

Two major data privacy developments from September 2024: a Staff Report from the FTC and California’s new statute about brain data.

Tune in to Episode as the Data Privacy Detective provides meaning beneath the headlines. Neither of these was front page stuff. But each is more newsworthy than what company was sued for a data breach or whose privacy was invaded by a hacker.

Staff reports are seldom covered as news. But the FTC staff report of September 19, 2024 is essential groundwork for regulation to follow soon or guidance for the next Congress that may reach across partisan divide towards more federal data privacy regulation. The key highlights are about how video streaming companies are watching us without having secure privacy controls and how there are inadequate safeguards for minors.

California enacted and its Governor signed a new law addressing neural data - unspoken communications from our brains. Neural data joins other sensitive personal information as covered by California’s approach to data privacy protection. But how does it do that, and will it succeed in its objective?

Watch our 5-minute summary on YouTube or listen to our deeper analysis from your favorite podcast platform.

Time stamps:

00:59 — Staff reports

10:46 — California's neural data law

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