Consumers are increasingly acting to protect their privacy, Forrester Senior Analyst Stephanie Liu blogged Wednesday.
AI Privacy
AI privacy concerns are growing as copyrighted works and personal data are used to train, optimize and operate machine learning systems. From facial recognition to inference risks, AI applications often test the limits of existing privacy laws. Regulators worldwide are developing safeguards to govern data use, bias, transparency and consent in AI development. This page tracks legislation, regulatory frameworks and enforcement actions at the intersection of AI and data protection.
Nearly one-third of French people in a 2024 survey said they have been confronted on social media with content from people who have died, and half said they would prefer that data on social networks be deleted after their death, French DPA CNIL said Wednesday.
With the growing volume and diverse application of facial recognition technology, privacy advocates are increasingly concerned about issues with consent and how the technology's flaws carry heavy privacy risks, they said in interviews with Privacy Daily.
Regulate data, not AI, said Emily Tucker, Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology executive director, in an op-ed Tuesday for Tech Policy Press.
Employers won’t face a new set of California requirements on automated decision systems. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed SB-7, which would have added employer ADS rules on top of recent regulations about automated decision-making technology by the California Privacy Protection Agency and the California Civil Rights Council (see 2509240045).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an age-verification bill and other measures aimed at protecting kids online, pleasing consumer advocates while raising the possibility of a NetChoice lawsuit. However, the Democrat also disappointed some advocates and pleased NetChoice over the holiday weekend by vetoing an AI chatbot bill.
Having a poor reputation for data privacy could attract regulators, warned Snapchat Product Counsel Dareus Robinson on a Thursday webinar by the compliance vendor TrustArc.
With advancements in AI and wearable technology, privacy concerns about reproductive health data are “at a pivotal intersection of federal and state regulations,” said Troutman lawyers in a blog post. As such, companies with a connection to health care, no matter how tenuous, should assess their data processes and collection policies, they added.
OneTrust agrees that businesses shouldn't set and forget privacy compliance tools, amid increased scrutiny from regulators, said Ojas Rege, general manager of privacy and data governance. In an interview with Privacy Daily, Rege also said that a great amount of enforcement action is happening behind the scenes, without becoming public. In addition, the OneTrust official warned that “AI amplifies every single privacy and data governance gap you have in your organization.”
As part of an effort to facilitate GDPR compliance and bolster consistency, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission issued their first joint guidelines Thursday, emphasizing areas of agreement between GDPR and the Digital Markets Act (DMA).