Florida lawmakers are turning their attention to kids’ social media and AI regulation now that the debate over comprehensive privacy is behind them, Rep. Fiona McFarland (R) told us in a recent interview.
European collaboration with the U.S. on privacy issues is going to be tough, representatives from the European Commission and European Parliament said Tuesday at a Data Protection Day conference in Brussels.
California companies must carefully review 17 AI laws passed last year in the state, while U.S. businesses generally should “prepare for comparable laws from other states in the future, blogged Cozen O’Connor attorneys Andrew Baer and Robert Rubenstein on Monday. The California AI laws -- covering deepfakes, training data, healthcare, watermarking AI-generated content and the entertainment industry -- show “the state’s assertive stance in addressing both the potential benefits and risks associated with artificial intelligence,” the lawyers wrote.
The Virginia Senate passed a reproductive health data privacy bill on Friday. Then on Monday, the Virginia House Communications Committee advanced multiple AI and privacy bills. However, legislation that would add a private right of action and make other changes in Virginia’s comprehensive privacy law appeared to stall in a subcommittee.
Legislators in states like Texas, Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts can set the tone for privacy-related AI laws in 2025, stakeholders told the Multistate AI Policymaker Working Group during a public feedback session Monday.
Finding common ground on data protection "remains a challenging task, primarily because privacy is deeply shaped by cultural, legal, and economic contexts," Ginervra Cerrina Feroni, vice-president of Italian privacy watchdog Garante, said in an email. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example, is rooted in a fundamental rights-based approach, while frameworks like the Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CPBR) system emphasize voluntary compliance and flexibility, reflecting different traditions and priorities.
"The collaborative spirit among EU institutions is not only encouraged but also necessary" for managing the plethora of EU digital laws, Thomas Regnier, European Commission tech sovereignty spokesperson, said Friday (see 250121000).
Montana legislators mulled two privacy bills from the author of the state’s 2023 comprehensive law during hearings Thursday. At one livestreamed session, Montana Sen. Daniel Zolnikov (R) urged the Senate Energy and Telecom Committee to clear a fix of another data bill from that year, the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Later, during an Education Committee hearing, the state senator urged support for a bill that gives students “the right to be forgotten.”
Avoid using integrated AI tools such as Copilot without thoroughly assessing them in advance, and ensuring control mechanisms and effective user training, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority blogged Thursday in an unofficial translation. In addition, it published a report offering guidance on how companies can use AI strategically. Among other things, it said they should decide what a particular project's goals are, what areas are relevant for AI use, and what areas AI should be kept away from.
LinkedIn was sued Tuesday after allegedly disclosing Premium customers' private messages to third parties without their permission so it could train generative AI models.