The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) June 19 published information to help businesses and the public as changes under the new U.K. Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) are introduced (see 2506100003).
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.
A court dismissed a class action lawsuit against the NFL that alleged the league violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by employing the Meta-tracking pixel without user notice and consent. Issued Friday, the summary order ruled that an "ordinary person" could not determine a user's Facebook ID through the pixel's transmission.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has signed two AI bills, including the much-watched Texas Responsible AI Governance Act (TRAIGA).
Senate Commerce Committee Democrats on Monday circulated updated text proposed by Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for an AI regulation moratorium (see 2506170054). The Senate Parliamentarian on Saturday approved the text under the Byrd rule, officially attaching the proposal to the budget reconciliation package.
It was “absolutely necessary” for the Irish Data Protection Commission to seek high court relief blocking X from using EU users’ data to train its AI system, DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said Friday.
The European Commission is in "continuous dialogue with Meta concerning the launch of their Meta AI feature," an EC official emailed Tuesday in response to questions from Privacy Daily about Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app (see 2506120082).
Businesses should be aware of unusual requirements in New Jersey draft rules for implementing the state’s comprehensive privacy law, several law firms warned in blog posts this month.
More than 60,000 Americans have signed a petition asking the Senate to drop a budget package provision that would block states from enforcing their AI laws for a decade, consumer groups said Tuesday (see 2506120083).
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) should veto the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) said Tuesday.
A long-awaited California Report on Frontier AI Policy calls for “targeted interventions” that “balance the technology’s benefits and material risks.” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday announced the report's release. A group of academics and other experts that Newsom organized wrote it in the wake of his vetoing a controversial bill last year by Sen. Scott Wiener (D) on AI frontier models (see 2409300011).