Children's privacy rights are a key focus of the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA), newly elected Chair Philippe Dufresne said Wednesday during a streamed Future of Privacy Forum discussion. Much of the assembly's work has centered on the best interests of children, including topics such as the challenges of social media, targeted ads and exposure to privacy breaches, he said.
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A New York state health data privacy bill could finally be sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) in December, nearly a year after it quickly passed the legislature back in January (see 2501280023). Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D), the measure’s author, in an interview this week with Privacy Daily, said that she remains optimistic about getting the measure signed by year-end. “We’re still discussing any changes that [Hochul] might want to make.”
Congress shouldn’t block states from enforcing AI regulations, a bipartisan group of 36 state attorneys general wrote in a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday.
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In 2026, states and regulators will likely focus on many of the same areas they examined previously, including kids’ privacy and AI, said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, managing director of IAPP, Washington, D.C., in an interview with Privacy Daily. On the federal level, a flood of privacy legislation is expected by year-end, he added.
The change to the definition of "personal data" in the GDPR is one of the most significant proposals in the European Commission's new digital omnibus, privacy attorneys and advocates said. It's unclear so far whether the reform represents a pragmatic or messy approach to data protection, they added.
Several Senate Republicans and Democrats told us in interviews last week their stances on federal AI policy haven’t changed since the chamber voted 99-1 to block a proposed AI moratorium (see 2511200051).
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) joined state lawmakers in opposition to a draft executive order seeking to block state AI regulations (see 2511200051).
Growing enforcement and the AI explosion are driving steady growth in the global privacy compliance market, said IDC analyst Ryan O’Leary in an interview this week with Privacy Daily. IDC’s 2025 MarketScape report on worldwide data privacy compliance vendors found that the market grew 18% year over year, hitting $1.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
A service for making AI-generated apps said it’s embracing privacy by design by integrating an AI-powered code scanner.