Increased FTC enforcement and expanding state regulatory requirements mean it's crucial that advertisers ensure their consumer health data activity complies with consumer privacy laws, said panelists during a Wiley health advertising webinar Tuesday.

The increased ties between industry and government have led to more data collection, which has had serious implications for democracy, panelists told a Columbia University Knight First Amendment Institute forum on surveillance and democracy at the National Press Club on Friday.

In its latest proposal on risk assessment requirements, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) appears to try to seal up potential constitutional holes that took down California’s age-appropriate design code (AADC) law, Squire Patton attorney Alan Friel said in an interview last week. Ahead of a June 2 deadline to file comments (see 2505020034), privacy lawyers at many firms are combing through the latest tweaks in a highly watched rulemaking on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other topics.

The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) appears to be holding despite Trump administration actions in connection with the FTC and Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), Irish Data Protection Commissioner Dale Sunderland said during a May 14 interview at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe conference in Dublin.

The U.K. digital identity industry is feeling reassured about the upcoming GOV.UK Wallet following a meeting with, and apology from, the government, according to Iain Corby, executive director of the Age Verification Providers Association (AVPA).

Privacy and free expression aren't mutually exclusive, and actually privacy is necessary for people to exercise their First Amendment rights, panelists said Friday.

Congress should reject a “destructive” proposal that would block states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years, a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general said in a letter to congressional leaders Friday (see 2505150021 and 2505140059).

Businesses must traverse an expanding “minefield of state and international regulations,” said BigID CEO Dimitri Sirota in an interview last month at the IAPP Global Privacy Conference in Washington. The emergence of AI has also created privacy compliance challenges -- but the emerging technology could also make some aspects of the data protection profession more efficient, he said.

DUBLIN -- EU digital rules such as the General Data Protection (GDPR) and AI Act must align with technological reality or risk harming innovation, speakers said Wednesday at the IAPP AI Governance Global Europe 2025 conference.

While the U.S. House this week moved ahead with a plan for a 10-year moratorium on AI laws, the Connecticut Senate supported a bill that would establish AI requirements. However, in the first state to enact an AI law, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) supported federal preemption.