data privacy

Data protection for minors, HOAs, and 911 calls: New laws going into effect Oct. 1

Oct 1, 2025

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Marissa Ventrelli

A trio of new laws related to online data privacy for minors, foreclosures of homes in HOAs, and repeated calls to 911 dispatch centers take effect on Oct. 1. Here’s a summary of each law going into effect on October 1: SB24-041: Privacy Protections for Children’s Online Data Sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez,…
US House task force releases report on AI regulation with 66 key findings, 85 recommendations

Dec 27, 2024

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Colorado Politics

The U.S. House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence has released its report on artificial intelligence following nearly a year of meetings and discussions with over 100 experts in the field. The task force, which included 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans, was charged with compiling a comprehensive “road map” for Congress to implement safeguards against artificial…
Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams turns over state voter data to White House commission

Aug 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s secretary of state’s office successfully submitted voter data Tuesday to a White House commission on election fraud, capping a month of heated controversy over the request. The office was unable to send the data on Monday, as originally planned, due to a computer glitch, but received confirmation the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity had…
Election officials slam Kobach claim that Colorado voters canceling registration might be felons, non-citizens

Jul 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Election officials on Friday tore into a suggestion by the co-chair of a White House commission on election fraud that Colorado voters withdrawing their registration might have something to hide. After Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the Republican vice chair of the bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, asked for extensive voter registration data…
Democrat Jena Griswold scolds Secretary of State Wayne Williams for bowing to voter data request

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic Secretary of State candidate Jena Griswold blasted Republican incumbent Wayne Williams on Friday for agreeing to go along with a White House election commission’s request for voter data even as privacy advocates challenged its legality and thousands of Colorado voters were canceling their registrations. But a spokeswoman for Williams said the secretary has simply…
Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet blasts White House election commission as a ‘taxpayer-funded fishing expedition’

Jul 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, on Tuesday tore into the White House election commission that asked last week for detailed voter registration data from all 50 states, saying the request “raises serious privacy concerns” and could dampen voter participation. The bipartisan Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence…
Colorado progressive group wants to purchase, reveal Cory Gardner’s internet browsing history

Mar 31, 2017

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Ernest Luning

ProgressNow Colorado says it plans to buy U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s internet browsing history once it goes on the market and share it with the public in response to the Yuma Republican’s vote last week to allow internet service providers to sell customers’ data without their permission. The progressive advocacy organization said in an email to supporters…
Kefalas on open records bill: An ‘interesting journey’

Mar 29, 2017

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John Tomasic

Opening the hood of Colorado’s Open Records Act to change out even a few parts is a massive undertaking – too many of the components in this aging machine are moving. Aiming to make some long-overdue digital-era updates to CORA, state Sen. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, started that process months ago and has been wrestling…
Colorado Technology Association aims to steer state into the future

Jan 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s technology industry is booming, and Andrea Young couldn’t be happier. Young, the president and CEO of the Colorado Technology Association, a trade organization that represents more 300 companies and counts some 15,000 people involved in its network, said in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman that she’s excited about the prospects for the…