The Republican and Democratic attorneys general of Utah and North Carolina, respectively, announced an AI Task Force that will collaborate with the technology's developers, including Microsoft and OpenAI, to ensure it's safe for consumers, they said Thursday.
FTC Privacy Enforcement
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Almost a century of precedent shows former FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter should be reinstated, said a coalition of 40 consumer protection, data privacy and competition groups in an amicus brief Thursday.
Privacy regulators in the U.S. and abroad are scrutinizing how connected vehicles collect and share data about their drivers, said Morrison Foerster attorneys on a webinar Wednesday.
Though the FTC is supposed to ensure “transparency and accountability,” it has fallen short during President Donald Trump’s second term, ex-Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said during a "people's oversight" hearing hosted Wednesday by Public Knowledge. Another former FTC official during Trump's first term, Bilal Sayyed, said the agency's decline began during the Biden administration and has continued.
The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), k-ID and other stakeholders launched the OpenAge Initiative to develop an open standard for privacy-preserving age assurance, OpenAge announced Monday.
Former officials at the FTC and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau co-authored a guide on using existing privacy and consumer protection laws to regulate against AI chatbot harms to minors, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Monday. EPIC co-wrote the white paper.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Monday the key to successful regulation of AI includes having a light touch that respects innovation, but also being mindful of protecting children.
Texas announced a lawsuit against Roblox on Thursday in state court for violating state and federal online safety laws via its conduct with children. It follows several other state attorneys general who have filed similar litigation against the gaming platform.
Focusing on trends can be a helpful way for health care companies to anticipate coming privacy laws and future compliance needs, said Kyle Rene, Whiteford Taylor lawyer, at a Health Care Compliance Association event Wednesday.
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