Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., joined Republican opposition to the proposed federal moratorium that would block enforcement of states' AI laws for 10 years (see 2506060019).
Representatives from Apple and Google highlighted some company differences in philosophy regarding data retention practices during separate panels at the Future of Privacy Forum’s DC Privacy Forum on Wednesday.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Privacy engineers should put their heads down and forge ahead with AI governance initiatives regardless of what’s happening in Congress, at the state level or elsewhere, said panelists Tuesday at the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference. Legal uncertainty may just be a fact of life for the privacy practitioner, they said.
There are numerous overlaps between privacy and AI. Here's another one: those who are competent with privacy are most likely to be able to handle AI well, according to a 2025 global privacy benchmarks survey conducted by Golfdale Consulting at the request of TrustArc.
Humans live in a "paradoxical situation" in that we believe our personal data belongs to us while, in reality, it doesn't, Vilnius University professor Paulius Jurcys said in an article published Tuesday. He called for a new social contract where people own and control their data.
The Spanish Data Protection Agency and European Data Protection Supervisor Tuesday announced a report that analyzes how the decentralized technique of federated learning can increase privacy when data is collected and utilized to train AI models.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Advertisers and regulators are considering the potential of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to balance business interests with protecting consumers’ privacy, panel members said Monday during the USENIX Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect (PEPR) conference. But whether PETs, which include differential privacy and homomorphic encryption, are up to the task is unclear, panelists said.
23andMe defended its planned sale in a statement to us Tuesday, decrying a lawsuit and separate objection filed Monday by a bipartisan group of nearly 30 state attorneys general. The AGs opposed the proposed sale of collected genetic information without each customer's consent. Founder Anne Wojcicki and interim CEO Joe Selsavage defended the company's privacy practices during a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday.
Studying the fundamentals surrounding AI and privacy before imposing regulation will help create a future where generative AI's benefits can coexist with privacy rights, panelists said Monday during a webinar of the Federalist Society Regulatory Transparency Project.