Exports are a crucial part of the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, whose goal is for the U.S. to win the AI race, said Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, during a Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) event Wednesday. There's also the potential for a revival of the 10-year moratorium on enforcing state AI regulations in the action plan, an official said, though specifics weren't provided.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) announced a $55,400 fine Tuesday against Accurate Append for failing to register as a data broker and pay the annual fee required by the state’s Delete Act (see 2507290031). The CPPA's latest fine signals the agency's crackdown on data brokers, said Troutman Amin law clerk Tammana Malik in a blog post. However, a study last month on California data brokers argues they largely ignore regulation.
The Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, which goes into effect this Thursday, gives consumers new rights and requires that businesses follow stricter measures to protect personal data, said Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and Rep. Steve Elkins (D), who authored the law.
Recent settlements show the vulnerability of companies that hire privacy vendors and think they're in compliance, Frankfurt Kurnit attorneys said during a webinar Thursday. In addition, they noted that states besides California are becoming more active in privacy litigation and enforcement.
The Connecticut attorney general's office is shifting from focusing on transparency and facial requirements to more in-depth work, examining whether organizations' privacy mechanisms are working and in compliance, three assistant attorneys general said during an IAPP KnowledgeNet event Tuesday.
Companies operating in Latin America should be aware that data protection authorities (DPAs) there are increasing guidance and enforcement, said panelists during a webinar Tuesday sponsored by TrustArc, a privacy compliance vendor.
Noting the harms social networks pose to children, several California senators supported a bill Wednesday that would add warning labels to the platforms. Though several groups and members of the public supported the legislation, several senators raised concerns that AB-56 would be challenged in court and industry attacked warning labels as an inadequate solution.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld Texas' law requiring age verification to access adult websites (see 2506270041) will have a ripple effect, prompting the creation of similar laws in states along with constitutional questions about how and where age verification can happen, said privacy experts in recent blog posts. Similarly, advocacy groups that disagreed with the high court's decision argued it may embolden other states to expand the definition of off-limits material, further challenging the First Amendment and ultimately letting politicians make content decisions (see 2507070037).
To prevent AI discrimination, regulators will soon tackle surveillance pricing, also known as behavioral data mining, said Wayne Stacey, executive director at the Berkley Center for Law & Technology, during a panel at a Troutman Amin law conference Monday.
Enforcement and increased state regulation of privacy may help companies since they offer explicit action as businesses seek compliance, privacy experts said during a panel hosted by Troutman Amin on Monday.