Companies selling wearable devices should start with privacy by design to better comply with a growing body of privacy laws, said Duane Morris privacy attorney Michelle Donovan during the law firm’s webinar Tuesday.
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Companies should be ready to comply with European AI regulations because the EU AI Act will influence U.S. regulation just as the GDPR did, attorneys at Marashlian & Donahue said during a Tuesday webinar.
Emphasizing fundamentals and ensuring staff working with AI understand its risks are keys to protecting privacy, said panelists at a privacy risk event Tuesday. Later, another panel emphasized issues surrounding compliance with global rules that regulate AI. DataGrail, a compliance vendor, sponsored the event.
Florida’s privacy lawsuit last week against Roku surprised some data-protection experts, since the state’s Digital Bill of Rights frequently carries an asterisk in lists of the 20 state comprehensive privacy laws -- if it’s included at all. In the aftermath, however, some privacy experts told Privacy Daily that they’re still not ready to add Florida to the list.
Companies developing or deploying AI systems in products aimed at children should consider safeguards such as privacy by design practices and limiting data collection, according to guidelines issued Monday by the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of BBB National Programs.
Higher education institutions face new data security challenges, including increased “global regulatory requirements on data privacy,” JacksonLewis attorneys blogged Friday.
French DPA CNIL will host a GDPR Day on Dec. 9 in Nantes, it announced Monday. Aimed at professionals, academics and students, the event will focus on updates in data protection, tools for data protection officers, CNIL audits and cybersecurity.
Congress should pass legislation that would start an assessment of the national security and public safety risks associated with AI frontier models, the Software & Information Industry Association said in a post Friday.
Most changes to the U.K.'s data protection regime will ease data flows between the U.K. and EU, but some should be clarified and monitored, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said Monday.
A Massachusetts bill about employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated decisions advanced in the state Senate this week. The Internet Committee approved and sent S-35 to the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday. The panel also cleared a social media accountability bill (see 2510160046).