Google announced it will launch a new AI search feature, AI Mode, which will act as a chatbot, allowing users to easily engage with the search engine and ask follow-up questions, The New York Times reports. Google aims to use AI Mode to bolster its AI efforts, despite concerns the search tool could limit companies' web traffic and potentially provide users with inaccurate information.Full story
UKG Legal Director Roy Kamp, AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP, discusses the importance of where a privacy office sits in your company and how it interacts with other areas. "It's a broader, operational function — often comprising privacy engineers, analysts and legal advisors — that actively supports decisions around how data is processed, not just whether it complies."Full story
The EU and the U.K. announced they have agreed on a security and defense partnership and will cooperate on a variety of security issues, including law enforcement use of facial recognition programs. The partnership aims to increase security and enhance "biometric data exchange mechanisms," among other areas.Full story
The International Working Group on Privacy in Technology, or the Berlin Group, released a working paper on privacy in the neurotechnologies field and what the requirements are for protecting data and the need for consent. It also gives recommendations for legislators, regulators and developers on how to manage the technology.Full story
Many advertising companies are struggling to keep up with privacy regulations and adjust to new expectations for the industry, Adexchanger reports. SafeGuard Privacy CEO Richy Glassberg said many of the privacy regulations for advertisers can be seen as a "direct result of the fact that our industry, for the last 15 years, abused the respect of consumers. We forgot about the consumer."Full story
NBC News reports a Massachusetts man agreed to plead guilty to charges related to hacking into a major education technology company and accessing thousands of students' sensitive data. The complaint does not name a specific company, but the news outlet believes the victim to be PowerSchool, which affected students in the U.S. and Canada.Full story
Consumer Reports found grocery chain Kroger allegedly used consumers' personal information to create marketing profiles, sharing sometimes inaccurate user data with advertisers.
France, Greece and Spain are lobbying the European Commission to introduce an EU age-verification system and establish a minimum age for social media access, Euractiv reports.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission published a tentative agenda for a 4 June virtual and in-person workshop focusing on Big Tech companies' design features, parental control and the potential facilitation of harmful content to minors.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, which prevents individuals from publishing nonconsensual sexually explicit AI generated images, NBC News reports. The Federal Trade Commission will enforce the legislation, which will also allow victims to request websites remove explicit content within 48 hours of notice.