Privacy Law Matters Blog

By Susan Hintze, Emily Litka Sanford, and Hansenard Piou After months of uncertainty over whether and when Texas’s App Store Accountability Act (“Texas’s App Store Law”) would take effect, on the Supreme Court has ruled that it will not stand in the way of its enforcement while the Fifth Circuit considers constitutional challenges. The law…

By Clara De Abreu E Souza On Oct. 13, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 243 – Companion Chatbots. SB 243, authored by Senator Steve Padilla, requires operators of companion chatbot platforms to notify users that the chatbot is AI, provide specific disclosures to minors, and restrict harmful content. The law…

By Hansenard Piou On October 13th, 2025, Governor Newsom signed the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) into law. Introduced by co-authors Assembly Member Buffy Wicks and Senator Tom Umberg, the law establishes age-assurance requirements for computer and mobile operating system providers and app stores as well as app developers with an aim to protect children’s…

By Sam CasticThe post below was originally published by the IAPP at https://iapp.org/news/a/10-areas-for-privacy-programs-to-focus-in-2025.  This past year was another jammed one for privacy teams and it was not easy to stay on top of all the privacy litigation, enforcement trends, and new laws and regulations in the U.S.Distilling those into focus areas and actionable steps can…