A New York state law requiring retailers to disclose when they are using algorithmic pricing doesn't impede businesses' First Amendment rights, a federal court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a motion challenging the measure.
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LinkedIn users must actively opt out of an AI setting or risk having the platform use their data to train large language models, said a Dutch privacy regulator and a lawyer.
A U.S.-based company that scraps the web for images of people and sells them to clients tells Privacy Daily it will appeal a Wednesday decision from a U.K. panel that ruled its activities violate its citizens' privacy.
Kentucky's lawsuit against game platform Roblox is based on "sensationalized, outdated and out-of-context information," the game's parent company said in an email to Privacy Daily that emphasized its commitment to safety.
Use of AI in U.S. schools is linked to increased privacy risk, the nonpartisan Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) noted in a report Wednesday that surveyed more than 1,000 students, teachers and parents between June and August. In addition, the report found parents were the group most worried about school-related data privacy and that transgender and immigrant students are experiencing increased privacy issues.
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A member of Meta’s independent oversight board feels a “sense of frustration” at its inability to address emerging AI issues like chatbots interacting with children, Suzanne Nossel told an audience in Washington Tuesday.
Tyler Bridegan joined law firm Womble Bond, he announced Monday on LinkedIn. He will serve in the firm's Houston office in the privacy and cybersecurity practice, Womble Bond said. Bridegan was director of privacy and tech enforcement at the Texas attorney general's office. He spoke in that capacity last month at the IAPP AI Governance conference (see 2509180057).
A comparison of California’s new frontier AI law with a similar New York state bill highlights “how state legislators are experimenting with comparable, yet distinct, approaches to AI frontier model regulation,” Future of Privacy Forum AI Policy Analyst Justine Gluck blogged Friday.
All processing of the personal data of Italian users of the British Virgin Islands-based app Clothoff must stop immediately, Italian DPA Garante ordered Friday.