Colorado will reconsider its comprehensive AI law during a special session this month, Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced Wednesday, as expected (see 2505300046).
The expansion of data broker liability in states like Texas and California has companies considering multistate compliance approaches, privacy attorneys told us in interviews.
The Senate Privacy Subcommittee is focused on the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction over privacy legislation, but expect collaboration with the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told us Thursday. Other senators offered views on the White House's plans to work with tech companies to build a healthcare data-sharing system (see 2507310067).
Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on Wednesday restarted the Senate's privacy legislation conversation with a hearing exploring what “core principles” and state protections could be incorporated into a federal bill.
Companies are considering relocating business operations from China and cutting off certain data flows in a conservative approach to complying with DOJ’s data transfer rule, privacy attorneys told us in interviews.
The Senate should revisit legislation to protect consumers’ health data privacy outside the scope of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., told us in recent interviews (see 2507090048).
Privacy laws won’t be effective until legislators strengthen consumers’ standing in lawsuits, George Washington University Law School professor Daniel Solove said Thursday during a New America event.
The White House on Wednesday released its AI Action Plan, directing federal agencies to potentially withhold discretionary funding from states with AI regulations that “hinder” innovation. California's privacy agency and legislators from two other states rebuked the proposal.
The proposed AI moratorium could “absolutely” be reintroduced in some form, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us last week.
President Donald Trump’s firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter violated the FTC Act’s removal protections, a federal judge ruled Thursday, reinstating Slaughter at the agency. The White House said it will appeal.