The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) guidelines published Friday marked its first advice on the interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Europe's new digital laws, it said.
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.
The California legislature passed two bills on AI chatbots Thursday. Nearing the finish line are bills on automated decisions by employers and social media warning labels. The legislature passed measures earlier in the day on universal opt-out preference signals, data brokers and social media data deletion (see 2509110066).
Regulating AI should center on limiting the technology's potential risks, labor representatives and other advocates said during a session of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity. At a hearing Thursday, they said their goal includes protecting state residents from AI's possible harms while also letting them reap its benefits.
California set a standard for other states to follow on regulating automated decision-making technology (ADMT), but the bar isn't as high as it should be, consumer privacy advocates said Wednesday in a blog post for the Center for Democracy & Technology.
The FTC will explore compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule as part of its inquiry seeking information from tech companies about AI chatbot interactions with young users, the agency said Thursday.
The growing use of voice recognition technologies in the public and private sectors is prompting data protection and regulatory concerns, an advisory body, the U.K. Biometrics & Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG), and a privacy consultant said.
The California legislature passed a bill Thursday to require web browser support for universal opt-out preference signals (OOPS). Also, at our deadline, a California bill adding requirements for data brokers had enough votes to pass the legislature, though the tally wasn’t final. On Wednesday, the state legislature also passed a bill on social media account cancellations.
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Wednesday unveiled a draft discussion paper aimed at building a bridge between the General Data Protection Regulation and the EU AI Act.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Wednesday released a “legislative framework” intended to allow AI deployers and developers to avoid regulations that “impede their work.”
A bipartisan group of attorneys general from some 40 states discussed cybersecurity and privacy in late August, demonstrating a growing interest in these topics for policy and enforcement purposes, said a blog post from Kelley Drye lawyers.