Utah should consider amending its comprehensive privacy law, given the underwhelming number of consumer privacy complaints filed in the statute’s first 18 months, said Attorney General Derek Brown (R) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection in a report obtained Wednesday by Privacy Daily. “Complaints have not been as forthcoming as anticipated,” it said, but “violations are likely occurring.”
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Data-protection complaints increased 30% in the first half of 2025 over last year, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) reported Tuesday.
Some recommendations from last month’s California Frontier AI report (see 2506170051) could be added to an AI bill (SB-53) by Sen. Scott Wiener (D), the state lawmaker said Tuesday at a livestreamed Assembly Judiciary Committee session. The committee unanimously cleared SB-53, sending it to the Privacy Committee.
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Legislators in Texas, Maryland and Vermont say they will renew bipartisan efforts to regulate AI at the state level after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday dropped its proposed AI moratorium.
Brazilian data protection authority ANPD is accepting applications until Aug. 10 to participate in a regulatory sandbox on AI, it announced June 27. The pilot is intended to promote experimentation with innovative techniques, technologies or business models that enhance algorithmic transparency.
Swedish Prime Minister and Moderate Party Leader Ulf Kristersson raised the issue of pausing the implementation of the EU AI Act at last week's European Council meeting in Brussels, his office told us Monday (see 2506250003).
California's anti-discrimination rules -- updated for the rise of AI -- will go into effect Oct. 1. The California Civil Rights Council said Monday that it received final approval for employment rule changes that update the state’s anti-discrimination regulations for automated decision-making technology.
Data protection authorities (DPAs) are increasingly helping mold AI model training rules that also spur innovation, a Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) panel said at a June 27 webinar focused on developments in Brazil and France.
If Senate opposition pushes hard enough against the AI moratorium proposed by Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, it could potentially lead to a floor vote on the provision itself, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and a Republican Senate staffer told us Monday.