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[…] an observer of OpenLoop, Meta’s global initiative connecting policymakers and companies to develop policies around emerging technologies and AI, a project developed separately in Brazil and Uruguay. One of the project’s findings in Brazil identifies a gap in most data protection laws (including the LGPD): a lack of an express provision covering PETs. In […]

[…] COPPA’s knowledge standard, or the question of what obligation a business has to figure out who on their website is a child, has long been debated. On one hand, critics of the existing standard argue that it is too narrow and that needing actual knowledge incentivizes companies to avoid evidence that might suggest children […]

[…] the legal definitions of de-identification or anonymization are when using PETs. While some suggested regulators needed specific use cases to make such determinations, others indicated that no one wants to “go first” and suggested general use cases representing common PETs uses could be instructive. Regardless of how clarity is achieved, experts want lawmakers and […]

[…] and accompanying blog.  The California AADC’s Enactment, and Its Enjoinment, Influenced Subsequent Regulation. Several states followed California’s lead by introducing copycats or variants of the AADC, and one even became law. The Maryland legislature made an effort to remove the vulnerabilities of California’s AADC when writing their version and also passed a comprehensive privacy […]

[…] in making consequential decisions, including any legal or material decision affecting an individual’s access to critical life opportunities such as education, employment, insurance, healthcare, and more. Additionally, one section of the law applies to any entity offering or deploying any consumer-facing AI system. Therefore, despite a detailed list of exclusions, including a narrow exemption […]

[…] and industry responses to questions around safety, security, and privacy often overlap and generally would benefit from greater collaboration, both in places where the proposed response to one interest may contravene another as well as in places where action taken in one area may compliment or benefit the work being done in another.  Many […]

[…] Reddit and Wikipedia, regurgitating skewed knowledge.  Global Convergence and Hyperlocal Regulation FPF’s Tatiana Rice moderated “AI Legislation: States to the Rescue?” with Del. Michelle Maldonado, D-VA, 2024 Virginia House of Delegates Communications, Technology, and Innovation Committee, and Senator Robert Rodriguez, Majority Leader, Colorado General Assembly, where both discussed the importance of recent privacy laws […]

[…] the disclosure itself or the unlawful nature of the disclosure. Second, it does not specify what constitutes a disclosure and how such claims accrue. It could be one violation per person, repeat violations per person, or, in the most extreme case, tied to communication of individual data points. Regardless of how these questions are […]

[…] have the crucial task of increasingly looking beyond regional borders for a holistic view of legislative frameworks aiming to regulate AI.  The Framework Convention on AI is one such significant initiative, which is spearheaded by the CoE, an International Organization founded in 1949 with the goal of promoting and advocating for human rights, democracy, […]

[…] context of a data-oriented regulatory framework, focusing on how the EU could foster AI-driven innovation and competitiveness while ensuring equitable access and benefits. Rob van Eijk presented one of the latest FPF resources, a detailed EU AI Act timeline, and provided an overview of the current EU data-related legislation, the role of the EU […]