BOSTON -- Connecticut and Virginia are rethinking their approaches to comprehensive AI regulation in order to pass legislation that failed in 2025, Connecticut Sen. James Maroney (D) and Virginia Del. Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D) said Friday at the IAPP AI Governance conference.
While both the EU and U.K. use legitimate interest as a basis for processing personal data, the U.K. Data Use and Access Act (DUAA) has introduced "something interesting" -- a more flexible standard that can reduce administrative burden in some cases, said Daniel Vinerean, managing director of law firm David and Baias, during a webinar Thursday.
Kmart Australia violated customers' privacy by indiscriminately collecting their personal and sensitive data with facial recognition technology (FRT) in an operation designed to tackle refund fraud, Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind announced Thursday.
BOSTON -- How a company communicates with privacy enforcers and responds to potential legal action are major factors in whether a formal, public settlement is issued, Tyler Bridegan, privacy and tech enforcement director in the Texas attorney general's office, said at the IAPP AI Governance conference Thursday.
As litigation over wiretapping and other privacy claims continues to rise, having a cookie banner on your website remains an important defense, said Morrison Foerster lawyers during a webinar Wednesday. But there’s more to it than that, they added.
Some groups seek assurances that they won’t be covered by rules implementing the New Jersey Data Privacy Act, according to comments submitted to the New Jersey attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs by Sept. 2. Many other business sectors urged the division to withdraw or significantly overhaul draft rules released last May (see 2509120009), according to comments obtained by Privacy Daily (part one, part two, part three).
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Party leaders on the Senate Commerce Committee expect to meet next week to discuss AI and privacy issues, ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., told us Tuesday.
A recent spate of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) enforcements has pushed consumer opt-outs to the fore, clarifying what regulators consider important, Cynthia Cole, an intellectual property lawyer at Baker McKenzie, said during a webinar Tuesday.
The FTC’s recent children’s privacy claims against Disney and Apitor suggest companies should carefully scrutinize third-party vendors and software development kits (SDKs), privacy experts told us in recent interviews. The focus on children’s privacy suggests Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Republican commissioner are following through on this administration’s promises to protect children, they said.