Privacy and AI-focused state lawmakers will meet with congressional offices next week to discuss legislative priorities, Virginia Del. Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D) told us in an interview Friday. For 2026, she expressed interest in updating Virginia’s comprehensive privacy law and regulating AI chatbots with Democrats now in full control of the legislative and executive branches after Tuesday's election.
Illuminate Education failed to use basic security measures to protect student data, which led to a breach affecting millions of children, attorneys general from Connecticut, New York and California announced Thursday in a $5.1 million settlement with the education software company.
Illuminate Education failed to use basic security measures to protect student data, which led to a breach affecting millions of children, attorneys general from Connecticut, New York and California announced Thursday in a $5.1 million settlement with the education software company.
A bill that would ban AI chatbots for minors and require age verification received a show of support from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and other senators in interviews Tuesday.
There remains a need for the federal government to establish “lanes” limiting how states can regulate AI technology, Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., told reporters Wednesday.
The Trump administration should work with Congress to preempt burdensome AI regulations at the state level, industry groups told the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in comments due Monday. Meanwhile, consumer advocates urged OSTP to protect civil rights through mandatory auditing, transparency standards and human oversight of high-risk AI systems.
Apple, Microsoft, Snap and X continue to lead a tech industry push for passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) against opponents like Meta, Google, ByteDance and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to the latest Senate lobbying numbers.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should retain consumer privacy protections in Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act and continue guarding against third-party financial data abuse, consumer groups told the CFPB in comments due Tuesday (see 2508210038).
State attorneys general have relied on a combination of state consumer protection law, state comprehensive privacy law, federal children’s privacy law and multistate letters in cases against privacy violators, according to a new report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
The FTC should reevaluate how it uses Section 5 authority to enforce against unfair and deceptive practices, industry groups told the agency in comments due Friday (see 2509290042).