The EU AI Act will not be postponed, Thomas Regnier, a European Commission spokesperson, posted July 4 on LinkedIn. "Legal deadlines are legal deadlines," he said.
Responding to a suit against New York over a state law requiring that retailers disclose when they are using algorithmic pricing, privacy lawyer Heidi Saas argued that the First Amendment does not protect surveillance pricing.
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region appears to be taking a different approach to AI regulation and governance than the EU and U.S., privacy professionals told Privacy Daily.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency will work toward proactive, people-centered data protection adapted to emerging technological challenges over the next five years, it said Thursday.
Using an AI-created image doesn't necessarily involve personal data processing, the Latvian data protection authority said Thursday.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) on Wednesday reminded businesses and consumers about their AI-related rights under the state's data protection, consumer protection, health care and other laws.
Utah should consider amending its comprehensive privacy law, given the underwhelming number of consumer privacy complaints filed in the statute’s first 18 months, said Attorney General Derek Brown (R) and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection in a report obtained Wednesday by Privacy Daily. “Complaints have not been as forthcoming as anticipated,” it said, but “violations are likely occurring.”
Data-protection complaints increased 30% in the first half of 2025 over last year, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) reported Tuesday.
Some recommendations from last month’s California Frontier AI report (see 2506170051) could be added to an AI bill (SB-53) by Sen. Scott Wiener (D), the state lawmaker said Tuesday at a livestreamed Assembly Judiciary Committee session. The committee unanimously cleared SB-53, sending it to the Privacy Committee.
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