While AI practices continue to raise privacy concerns, privacy laws may create a pathway for AI regulation, said Clark Hill privacy attorney Myriah Jaworski in a Tuesday webinar about the rise of AI liability.
Due to “misperceptions” about its multistate AI policymaker working group, Future of Privacy Forum “will be withdrawing from our work supporting the Working Group,” FPF CEO Jules Polonetsky said in a blog post Tuesday. FPF had convened the bipartisan group of 200 state legislators from more than 45 states to work on AI bills.
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Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) would lack the resources to enforce Maryland privacy laws without a proposed tax on data brokers that would fund a dedicated privacy team in his office, he said during a state House Economic Matters Committee hearing Tuesday. During a livestreamed session, the panel heard testimony on HB-1089, which would require that data brokers register with the state and, starting in the 2027 tax year, pay a 6% tax on gross income.
While the intent of a proposed workplace privacy bill in the Nebraska legislature was to ensure that employers don't violate employee privacy, more research is needed to ensure the benefits of artificial intelligence or workplace apps aren't stifled in the regulatory process, said bill sponsor Sen. John Frederickson (R) at a hearing on the bill in front of the Business and Labor Committee Monday.
House Commerce Committee Republicans on Friday requested public input on potential federal privacy legislation. The elimination of a private right of action, preemption of state privacy and AI laws and conflicts with existing federal law were among the topics Republicans outlined in their request for information (RFI).
A bill by the California Assembly Privacy Committee’s top Democrat seeks to protect kids from AI harm.
The Virginia legislature passed kids social media and student privacy bills on Thursday. The Senate voted 39-0 to agree with House substitutes on SB-854 and SB-1486. The House voted 97-0 and 98-0, respectively, for the bills earlier that day.
Ireland will announce plans to introduce a Regulation of Artifical Intelligence Bill in its spring legislative program that will enact the EU AI Act into the country's law, AI attorney Barry Scannell, wrote in a post on LinkedIn Thursday. "[S]till in its early stages," the legislation would enact the EU AI Act into national law, said Scannell, a member of the country's AI Advisory Council. The council was established in 2024 by the Minister of State for Digital to provide independent expert advice to the government on AI policy.
The Virginia House on Thursday agreed 52-46 to the Senate-amended version of an AI bill (HB-2094). The legislation would create requirements for the development, deployment and use of AI systems considered high-risk.