Oregon Legislature passes bill to protect sexual assault survivors who speak out

Oregon Legislature passes bill to protect sexual assault survivors who speak out

A bill that would protect good faith disclosures of sexual assault from defamation lawsuits passed the Oregon Senate on Tuesday.

Keizer woman champions new state law after web harassment

A Keizer woman who lived in fear for years over manipulated internet images of her and her daughter has now helped establish a new crime in Oregon. Legislation making it illegal to disseminate “a digitally created, manipulated or altered depiction that is reasonably realistic” is now awaiting signature by Gov. Tina Kotek. House Bill 2299 passed the House 56-0 and cleared the Senate on May 14 by a 30-0 vote. “This is the mission I was put here to…

Oregon legislature passes automaker-specific consumer data privacy bill

A bill passed by the Oregon legislature seeks to protect consumer privacy via in-vehicle data collection. Recently passed in the Senate following passage in the House in April, House Bill 3875 requires all automakers to comply with state legal protections for collected consumer data, honor requests for personal data deletion, and provide consumers with copies of their data, or stop selling it or using it for targeted advertising. “Analysts have …