Utah added a right to correct inaccurate information to its comprehensive privacy law. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) Thursday signed HB-418, which would also require social media data portability and interoperability (see 2503100039).
Regulation of AI tools and systems is all based on the same data governance principles used in privacy law, and it’s important for this regulation to be tackled collaboratively on a state level, said a Texas legislator and privacy and emerging tech experts during a regulatory panel at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) AI and Technology for Marketers Conference Friday.
Until recently, there was no real political appetite to reopen the General Data Protection Regulation, though it was becoming increasingly necessary to align GDPR with other data-related EU laws such as the Data Act and to streamline it, Linklaters IT, data and cyber attorney Tanguy Van Overstraeten said in an interview Friday.
The French privacy authority CNIL Thursday listed its 2025 projects which aim at helping privacy professionals comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.
The Connecticut legislature’s Sen. James Maroney (D) and Rep. Hubert Delany (D) formed an AI caucus, the lawmakers announced Thursday. The group will push for passage of SB-2, Maroney’s AI anti-discrimination bill that cleared a committee last week (see 2503210065).
With emerging technologies and issues in the health care space, the role of privacy officers must also evolve and adapt to stay relevant in a changing landscape, said a panel of privacy leaders during the National HIPAA Summit Thursday.
Utah will require that law enforcement agencies have generative AI policies. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB-180 on Tuesday. The new law also requires police reports or other law enforcement records to include disclaimers if they were partly or wholly AI created. And it requires the author of an AI-generated report to certify that a human checked the report for accuracy.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Monday signed SB-754, which would update the Virginia Consumer Protection Act to prohibit obtaining, disclosing, selling or disseminating personally identifiable reproductive or sexual health information without a consumer’s consent.
Texas should reject AI legislation mirroring a proposal that was recently vetoed in Virginia (see 2503250010), Americans for Prosperity told state lawmakers Wednesday.
Regulating AI at the federal level might require a targeted approach on specific issues, rather than a comprehensive bill, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Tuesday during the Free State Foundation’s annual policy conference.