The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The concept was coined in 2010 but is slowly being addressed in US legislation, with California this week announcing that it is banning the use of dark patterns that stop users from opting out of the sale of their personal data. Image: California Office of Administrative Law. The “Privacy Options Opt-Out Icon.”.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

This trend was largely driven by an irruptive species, meaning one with extremely high abundance in some years the California tortoiseshell. The California tortoiseshell butterfly can look like wood when its wings are closed, but theyre a soft orange on the other side. But those laws could be changed.

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issued a statement saying Riot Games has failed to inform its employees of their right to speak to the government about instances of harassment and discrimination. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The shock of this catastrophic loss has been reverberating across Southern California, driving up demand for rental homes and prices in an already unaffordable and competitive housing market. Policy changes, such as updating zoning laws to prevent rebuilding in highly vulnerable areas, can avoid costly damage in the future.

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Byte Technology

MAY 4, 2016

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted? Does the government edicts doctrine apply?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Note from Beth: The crowdfunding industry has sponsored legislation in California to clarify what is legally permissible. The California Association of Nonprofits is seeking feedback from the broader nonprofit community about these proposed guidelines. Jan Masaoka’s guest post provides more details. Background.

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Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

California might be the place with enough glitz to unleash that particular stock-bumping news to the world, but the Golden State is evidently far too restrictive for a company like Tesla to truck with. During the early days of its autonomous vehicle (AV) ambitions, Tesla did its testing in California, like most of the rest of the industry.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Massachusetts lawmakers this week voted to ban the use of facial recognition by law enforcement and public agencies in a sweeping police reform bill that received significant bipartisan support. Illustration by Alex Castro / Th. The bill, S.2963

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Democratic backsliding and restrictive laws will pose challenges to nonprofits operations and the safety of their beneficiaries. They are increasingly a vector attack, used as pathways for bad actors to get into government or foundation information technology (IT) systems. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2011

He’s a principal at Adler & Colvin, San Francisco's top law firm specializing in nonprofit law. Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. Rob has a deep understanding of what makes nonprofits successful.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2020

Shared bike and scooter companies in California are urging state legislators to oppose a bill that would “threaten the very existence of micromobility” in the state. The bill is a product of the pre-pandemic times, first introduced in February 2019 and passed a few months later in May by the California State Assembly.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

As protestors square off against police across the country, California is readying a bill that could expand the state’s use of facial recognition, including for law enforcement purposes. But critics — including the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California — say the bill will only expand the use of the technology further.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Small startups might not think the world’s strictest data privacy laws — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — apply to them, but it’s important to enact best data management practices before a legal situation arises. GDPR regulators have issued $332.4

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2020

As drones get smarter and the Federal Aviation Administration issues more waivers for its drone regulations, we’re likely to see more law enforcement agencies using them in their day-to-day, including for 911 calls. Technology like drones “could allow law enforcement to enforce any area of the law against anyone they want.”.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

No one was injured, but the government sent investigators to the scene to determine how Autopilot may have contributed to the crash. Local law enforcement has said it doesn’t believe Autopilot was involved in the Detroit crash, but they have yet to make the same determination in Houston.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2022

The California Department of Motor Vehicles is “revisiting” its opinion to not regulate Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software. Gonzalez is not to be confused with Lorena Gonzelez, a member of the California State Assembly, who once tweeted , “F*ck Elon Musk.”). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on X Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Users of the social media site, and of Instagram and WhatsApp, will have to sign a terms of service agreement in the coming months with Facebook’s headquarters in California, instead of its European branch based in the Republic of Ireland. Users will still be protected by the UK’s data privacy laws, which currently mirror the EU’s GDPR.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

From fundraising legal requirements to digital privacy laws, it’s important to understand the rules to which your nonprofit can be held accountable. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Much of the focus today is on TikTok, the viral video-sharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, which faces bans over fears that the data it collects will end up in the hands of the Chinese government. America stands alone as one of the few superpowers without a data protection or privacy law.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 1, 2025

Image credit: Photo by cottonbro studio on pexels In late December 2024, New York State Senator Andrew Gounardess legislation to protect domestic violence survivors was signed into law. The legislation comes as law enforcement struggles to address the evolving role of technology in domestic violence cases.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

It’s not clear whether Tesla, which employs more than 1,000 people at the factory, is also restarting production there after having already resumed battery production in Nevada and vehicle manufacturing in California. Tesla has also resumed making cars at its third US factory in California.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

A nationwide group of companies from the power, water, cable TV, and telecommunications sectors have agreed that they will no longer sell customer information to data brokers used by ICE and law enforcement agencies. Every branch of government has ignored the corrosive effect of data brokers for decades,” said Sen.

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The Verge

MARCH 24, 2022

US government prosecutors have charged two men with fraud and money laundering over a cryptocurrency “rug pull” scheme. Now, the two men behind Frosties have been arrested in Los Angeles, California. The Coinbase accounts were linked with a Citibank credit card and government ID that let law enforcement track the pair down.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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DataRobot

AUGUST 9, 2021

For instance, the New York Times recently reported, “ We Need Laws to Take On Racism and Sexism in Hiring. ”. Across the globe, governments and enterprises have put in place regulatory requirements, standards, certifications, and audits to oversee machine learning and AI applications, especially with autonomous decision-making systems (e.g.,

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Restaurants affected by Hurricane Ida in August and the ongoing California wildfires are eligible to apply, the company said. The company is involved in two lawsuits against New York City that involve laws attempting to regulate how delivery companies work with restaurants there.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This article is for the overworked techie in charge of all of the digital things who just panicked that it is 2020 and there are new privacy laws. There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Every single recreational pilot in the US needs to take it ASAP If you’ve flown a drone for fun in the USA anytime in the past month, chances are you were breaking the law. If and only if you’re flying solely for fun, the federal government has a fairly small list of rules as of today: Register your drone if it weighs more than 0.55

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 1, 2025

Two of the most prominent data privacy regulations are the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Additionally, your data provider should compile data from high-quality sources and follow all applicable privacy laws and regulations.

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The Verge

JUNE 23, 2020

That means that your address, your name — first and last, whether it’s your actual government or some alias — that’s easily findable. Data brokers who make an industry out of —especially the United States where we don’t have a lot of privacy protections if you don’t live in California — your data trail and selling and monetizing that.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

law needs to change to comply with the treaty (the hope is that these changes are minimal). Kipp has been a leading software developer in the region, creating software around election monitoring and government transparency just to name a few. Half Moon Bay, California After 2.5 The Marrakesh Treaty. Visiting the Hon.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

California paved the way after passing an IoT security law in 2018, with the U.K. has no federal law governing basic IoT security standards. Snyder said the push to introduce IoT cybersecurity laws could be “an easy way for folks to get into compliance” without having to hire fleets of security engineers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

What should governments, universities and companies do? California Passes New Law That Bans Bots From Pretending to Real People: California Gov. More on the new law here. How does machine learning actually work? Why is it dangerous to ignore machine learning? Bots are also not limited to social media.

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