Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued formal warnings to four companies for potential violations of the state's Data Privacy and Security Act for allegedly selling sensitive customer data without consent and without informing customers of the practice, The Record reports.
Politico reports on how the U.K. is assuming global leadership on AI safety. Current and former government representatives, technology company insiders and other stakeholders detailed to the news outlet how the U.K. is "building up the state's ability to assess the risks posed by powerful artificial intelligence," including cyberattacks.Full story
The Federal Senate of Brazil took a procedural step in favor of passing a bill to regulate the development and use of AI, Senadonoticias reports. The bill separates AI uses into several categories of risk, which are "excessive risk" and "high risk," depending on the use case's impact on fundamental rights. The final vote on the measure is expected 10 Dec.Full story
IAPP Managing Director, Washington, D.C., Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, CIPP/US, CIPM, offers his take on the latest privacy and AI governance developments in the nation's capital and around the U.S. This week, he unpacks the key trends to glean from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement work related to alleged geolocation data misuse.Full story
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced he will appoint former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks as his administration's AI and cryptocurrency chief, Reuters reports. Sacks, whose official title was not immediately announced, is expected to promote regulations that will impact how AI is used in certain applications, rather than focusing on regulating the development of the AI models.Full story
The U.K. Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum released its quantum technologies report highlighting the digital landscape and the regulators' response to the development of quantum technology. The DRCF said it will continue to "share insights with each other, as well as with the Government, industry and other stakeholders" to promote secure innovation.Full story
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled a U.S. ban on TikTok would not violate users' First Amendment rights, The Wall Street Journal reports. The court upheld the federal law that would force a ban of the platform if it is not divested from its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, by January 2025.Full story
Latvia's State Data Inspectorate released guidance following complaints about personal information being shared in private social media groups without the individuals' consent. The guidance claimed sharing individuals' personal information within a private group is allowed and is not a data protection violation if the information does not involve sensitive data.
The Oregon Department of Justice's privacy survey of 344 consumers found 80% of respondents considered privacy to be important, though approximately three-quarters of consumers do not know about the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act.
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said his office received 1,003 privacy complaints in 2024, potentially showing organizations' lack of privacy safeguards and individuals' concerns surrounding data protection. Webster said, "part of addressing, and reducing, privacy harm is ensuring that New Zealand businesses and are organisations are doing privacy well.