Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced an investigation into Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek Friday regarding its privacy practices and alleged violations of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA).
Privacy and data protection laws are mushrooming, with nearly 150 countries adopting such regulations, speakers said during a Thursday IAPP webinar. There are 144 nations with national data protection measures, covering nearly 82% of the world's population, IAPP said in an updated report.
AI offers "immense opportunities" for humanity and society but also poses significant risks to fundamental rights, privacy authorities from Korea, France, the U.K., Australia and Ireland said in a joint statement at this week's AI Action Summit in Paris. They committed to finding a shared understanding of lawful grounds for processing data for AI training in their respective jurisdictions, and to arriving at a mutual understanding of proportionate safety measures "based on rigorous scientific and evidence-based assessments" tailored to a range of use cases.
The EU needs a consistent approach to age assurance, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) said in a statement Wednesday after its Feb. 9 plenary. It set out specific guidance and high-level principles arising from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that it said should be considered when personal data is processed in the context of age verification.
Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., will lead House Republicans’ working group for comprehensive privacy legislation, House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., announced Wednesday, as expected (see 2501150064).
Oregon finalized a state government AI action plan, Gov. Tina Kotek (D) said Tuesday. An AI advisory council, established by a 2023 executive order, approved the plan that day, the governor’s office said.
The European Commission withdrew two controversial pieces of legislation from its 2025 work program, bringing cheers Wednesday from the tech sector as a consumer group jeered.
The U.S. shouldn’t rush to adopt comprehensive AI legislation, despite a growing patchwork of state regulations, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us Wednesday.
Canada and Japan signed the Council of Europe (CoE) framework convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law, the CoE announced Tuesday. They join 11 other signatories: Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, San Marino, the U.K., Israel, the U.S. and the EU. The convention provides a legal framework covering the entire lifecycle of AI products, which aims to foster innovation while managing the risks AI may pose to fundamental rights, said the CoE, a 46-nation human rights organization.
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Tuesday discussed enforcement activities concerning the DeepSeek AI chatbot and agreed to extend the scope of its ChatGPT task force to AI enforcement, a spokesperson emailed. The task force was created to encourage cooperation and exchange information on possible enforcement actions conducted by data protection authorities (DPAs) on ChatGPT.