The European Commission's adequacy decision permitting data flows from Europe to the U.K. expires June 27 and there are concerns about U.K. legislative reforms to data protection rules, a March Parliamentary Research Services memo said.
DOJ and a bipartisan group of 38 states submitted a final proposal Friday about ending Google’s search engine monopoly, including data rights and privacy safeguards.
California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) board members voted 5-0 at their Friday meeting to advance draft rules about data deletion to a formal rulemaking.
Businesses trying to limit information they would otherwise have to disclose under data protection laws but consider trade secrets could be forced to disclose those secrets to a court or arbitrator under a recent decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Pinsent Masons attorneys noted Friday. The decision involves the interplay between General Data Protection Act provisions on automated decision-making and EU trade secrets law, they wrote.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Arkansas Senate Committee on Transportation, Technology and Legislative Affairs not to pass a bill on digital responsibility as it currently stands. In a letter to Committee Chair Ricky Hill (R) published Wednesday, the Chamber argued the legislation is unfair to small businesses and the language around AI may hinder innovation, among other things.
The General Data Protection Regulation shouldn't become a tiered, risk-based entity, though the European Commission should have more centralized power to enforce it, Charly Helleputte, Squire Patton Boggs EU data privacy attorney, emailed. His comments responded to Axel Voss' recent tiered GDPR proposal. Voss is a German Member of the European Parliament from the European People's Party Group. He discussed his proposal during a March 3-4 Centre for European Policy Studies Ideas Lab panel.
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) Thursday launched a public consultation on ensuring meaningful human intervention in algorithmic decision-making. If organizations use only algorithms and AI for decision-making, it said, that could result in groups being excluded or discriminated against. If they want to use algorithms and AI, it said, they must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.
A coalition of 21 Republican attorneys general in a letter Thursday called on Congress to ban Chinese-based AI platform DeepSeek by passing the No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act (HR-1121), citing national security risks.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) on Tuesday banned the use of China-based DeepSeek on Montana Department of Justice (MTDOJ) devices for alleged security risks.
South Dakota banned China-based AI application DeepSeek, following Texas and New York state (see 2502100024), Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) said Tuesday. In addition, it banned TikTok alternative RedNote pursuant to a 2023 executive order by former Gov. Kristi Noem (R).