California Privacy Protection Agency Chairperson Jennifer Urban raised concerns Thursday about the extent of recent changes to draft rules on automated decision-making technology (ADMT), cybersecurity and other issues. “We’ve really cut to the bone, in terms of what is in line with the statute's requirements for the regulations we need to do, and in terms of the relative value to businesses and the relative value to the people … whose personal information is at stake,” she said at a livestreamed CPPA board meeting Thursday. Staff said the new draft reduced potential business costs in the first year by nearly two-thirds.
Companies should be cognizant of state and local privacy law limitations on biometric data collection when deploying AI systems in the workplace, compliance attorneys at Ice Miller said Wednesday. They highlighted privacy law restrictions in Illinois, Texas, Washington and New York City.
Meta is building a capability called Private Processing for the messaging app WhatsApp, giving customers the option of using AI to process messages in a secure cloud environment that no one, including the social media and messaging platforms, can access.
The Spanish Data Protection Authority announced Wednesday it's convening a course on innovation and privacy in artificial intelligence and data spaces: creating a model compatible with people's rights. The course will be held July 9-11 at the Menendez Pelayo International University of Santander.
Microsoft supports regulatory efforts to simplify compliance with privacy laws globally, said Cari Benn, the company’s associate general counsel-privacy, accessibility and regulatory affairs, in an interview last week at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. Meanwhile, as Microsoft embraces AI, it's striving to apply privacy principles to the emerging technology.
Colorado Democrats on Monday filed legislation to update the state’s comprehensive AI law, including a requirement that developers disclose when systems might pose risks of violating the Colorado Privacy Act.
California Assembly members advanced privacy bills on geolocation data and AI transparency, while acknowledging there's still work ahead to address opponents' concerns during a livestreamed Assembly Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday. The committee advanced the bills to the Appropriations Committee.
The House voted 409-2 Monday to pass the Take It Down Act (S-146), despite privacy-related objections from encryption advocates.
The California Privacy Protection Agency appreciates Gov. Gavin Newsom’s input on the CPPA’s rulemaking about automated decision-making technology (ADMT), the agency said.
A Connecticut bill that updates the state’s comprehensive privacy law took a step closer to passage Friday when it cleared the legislature’s joint Judiciary Committee.