As the European Commission readies a "digital omnibus" proposal to simplify data laws and reduce business obligations, any reforms -- including to the GDPR -- must be evidence-based and continue recognizing data protection as a fundamental right, privacy lawyers 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.
CHICAGO -- AI won't get immunity from FTC enforcement, Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said Tuesday in a keynote at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) ad law conference. Also, the Republican said the commission shouldn’t prejudge advertising practices that might benefit consumers or competition.
SAN DIEGO -- Data collection has moved beyond websites, paper forms and apps as the automobile has advanced technologically and has begun accumulating data, said Brandon Reilly, leader and lawyer in the privacy and data security group at law firm Manatt Phelps during a panel at IAPP's conference Friday.
Differences in data transfer regulatory regimes adversely affect international trade in digital and data-reliant services, economists from the European Centre for International Political Economy said in a paper published last month.
The EU's new traveler prescreening system must ensure that people's fundamental rights are protected and that they have an effective judicial remedy if they're denied entry to the EU, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiorowski blogged Monday.
The European Data Protection Board could approve guidelines for processing personal data to target or deliver political ads at its Tuesday plenary session, according to the agenda. Other items teed up for action include updates to guidelines on web-scraping in the context of generative AI and an opinion on the European Commission's draft adequacy decision for Brazil.
SAN DIEGO -- Companies are good at policing each other to ensure a “trust ecosystem” exists, said Julie Brill, expert in residence at Harvard Law School Innovation Labs and former chief privacy officer at Microsoft (see 2505300023). She was a keynote speaker during the IAPP's privacy and security conference Friday.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) should revise its guidelines on the interaction between the GDPR and the Digital Services Act (DSA), and refrain from interpreting DSA provisions that fall outside its expertise, the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe said Friday.
SAN DIEGO – “Privacy should be easy” for businesses to implement and consumers to effectuate, said Tom Kemp, executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), during the closing keynote at IAPP's privacy and security conference Friday. At a panel Thursday, other CPPA employees spoke about regulations aimed at making privacy and privacy rights easier.
The FTC should block Meta’s plans to use AI chatbot conversations for targeted advertising purposes, more than 30 civil society groups wrote Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Thursday.