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AI Privacy
AI privacy concerns are growing as copyrighted works and personal data are used to train, optimize and operate machine learning systems. From facial recognition to inference risks, AI applications often test the limits of existing privacy laws. Regulators worldwide are developing safeguards to govern data use, bias, transparency and consent in AI development. This page tracks legislation, regulatory frameworks and enforcement actions at the intersection of AI and data protection.
The Colorado House on Tuesday voted 48-14 to pass legislation delaying implementation of the Colorado AI Act until June 30, 2026 (see 2508250038). The chamber passed SB-4 a day after the Senate, but the measure still needs a signature from Gov. Jared Polis (D). A consumer advocate blamed Polis and Big Tech for the collapse of an earlier deal that labor and civil society groups had struck with some businesses.
Parents who share photos and videos of their children on social media for "sharenting" shouldn't because it creates risks to their kids, French data protection agency CNIL said Monday.
The need to succeed in AI must happen “without sacrificing the well-being of our kids in the process," said a bipartisan coalition of 44 state and territory attorneys general in a Monday letter to several Big Tech organizations. The AGs notified the companies, including Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka, Meta, Microsoft, Nomi AI, Open AI, Perplexity AI, Replika and Xai, that they “will be held accountable for [their] decisions.”
California businesses launched a media blitz Monday against possible AI regulations under consideration in the state legislature, calling instead for “pro-growth” rules.
It’s time to start “operationalizing the laundry list of requirements currently in the Colorado AI Act because it looks like a last-minute reprieve is unlikely,” said Denver-based privacy attorney Josh Hansen of Shook Hardy, as state legislators returned for the fifth day of their special session Monday.
The plaintiff in a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) case against satirical news site The Onion voluntarily dropped the complaint in a court document Friday. No reason for the dismissal was given.
By the second day of a whirlwind special session in Colorado, state legislators had halved the number of proposals to amend the Colorado AI Act to two. On Thursday, House and Senate Business committees approved a variety of amendments to a pair of leading AI proposals before advancing them to each chamber’s Appropriations Committee.
Now that the AI Action Plan has been released, Dean Ball is leaving the role of senior policy adviser for AI and emerging technology at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, he announced on LinkedIn last week. Ball will serve as a senior fellow at the think tank Foundation for American Innovation, and will resume writing for his newsletter Hyperdimensional. He joined the White House in April (see 2504180034).
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and data protection attorneys are looking to advise companies on key changes to the U.K.'s privacy landscape as a result of the U.K. Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA), in effect as of Wednesday.