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Notes from the Asia-Pacific region: Breach could spark shift in New Zealand privacy law

Notes from the Asia-Pacific region: Breach could spark shift in New Zealand privacy law  IAPP

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Alabama Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Alabama Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law  White & Case LLP

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Vermont becomes 23rd state to enact consumer privacy law

Vermont becomes 23rd state to enact consumer privacy law  IAPP

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One Step Closer to a Massachusetts Data Privacy Law: Comparing the Current House and Senate Bills

One Step Closer to a Massachusetts Data Privacy Law: Comparing the Current House and Senate Bills  Foley Hoag

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OPC finds Grok chatbot and deepfakes violated Canada's privacy law

OPC finds Grok chatbot and deepfakes violated Canada's privacy law  IAPP

Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy · Privacy officers

News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada investigation into the Grok chatbot and sexualized deepfakes finds companies violated privacy law

Canada's Privacy Commissioner concluded an investigation finding that companies behind the Grok chatbot violated Canadian privacy law in connection with the generation of sexualized deepfakes, marking a significant regulatory enforcement action in the AI-generated content space.

Why this matters: The ruling signals that AI systems producing non-consensual intimate imagery have concrete legal accountability under privacy frameworks — an important protection for individuals whose likenesses can be weaponized without their knowledge or consent.

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Connecticut Privacy Law Updates: Data Broker Rules, Geolocation Sale Ban, Surveillance Pricing Restrictions, and Genetic Data Regulations

Connecticut Privacy Law Updates: Data Broker Rules, Geolocation Sale Ban, Surveillance Pricing Restrictions, and Genetic Data Regulations  Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules

Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules  Biometric Update

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Kentucky’s Bipartisan Data Privacy Law Serves as Model for Federal Legislation as Watts Testifies Before Congress

Kentucky’s Bipartisan Data Privacy Law Serves as Model for Federal Legislation as Watts Testifies Before Congress  kychamberbottomline.com

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CMT Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Establishing a Federal Data Privacy Law

CMT Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Establishing a Federal Data Privacy Law  House Committee on Energy and Commerce (.gov)

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Websites break California privacy law at ‘industrial scale,’ survey finds

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated under California law, researchers say.

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