Members of the advocacy group Oakland Privacy traveled to Chicago on Jan. 30 to tell a federal court in person that the proposed class action settlement resolving claims against Clearview AI for allegedly scraping facial images off the internet and then selling them to law enforcement is inadequate, the coalition said in a press release Tuesday.
AI technology must be regulated at the federal level, House Technology Subcommittee Chairman Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., said Monday.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced a statewide ban of the China-based AI application DeepSeek. Responding to concerns about foreign government surveillance, the action prevents the app from being downloaded on government devices and networks.
French Data Protection Authority CNIL Friday released two recommendations to support responsible AI innovation while protecting people's rights. The recommendations illustrate how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fosters development of innovative and responsible AI in Europe, it said. They give concrete solutions for informing people whose data was used and helping them exercise their rights, it said.
State lawmakers writing AI bills should seek to align definitions and other elements of their legislation, the Software & Information Industry Association said in a Friday letter to Future of Privacy Forum’s multistate AI policymaker working group.
Sensitive information and transparency are key privacy issues that will continue attracting litigation, including in Texas, which has become a major player in regulation and enforcement, Odia Kagan, a partner in the law firm Fox Rothschild, said in an interview.
Vinhcent Le joined TechEquity as its vice president of AI policy, the organization announced Wednesday. Le previously served as a board member of the California Privacy Protection Agency. He learned he had been removed from the board at the end of last week (see 2502030042).
The Brazilian National Data Protection Authority's (ANPD's) decision to bar Tools for Humanity (TFH) from offering to pay people to have their irises scanned "speaks to a bigger problem" with AI, Justin Sherman, Electronic Privacy Information Center Scholar in Residence, argued Thursday.
The European Commission published draft guidelines on AI system definition to explain the practical application of the legal concept as used in the EU AI Act. The idea is to help AI providers and others determine whether a software system is an AI system. The guidelines aren't binding, and are designed to be updated over time as needed, the EC said.