Law360 reviewed a landmark year in data privacy and AI regulation. President Trump’s executive order seeking to preempt state AI regulation sparked constitutional challenges and intensified debate over federal versus state authority. States refined existing privacy laws to expand protections for sensitive data, including regulations recently finalized by California’s privacy regulator on automated decision-making technologies. Lynn Parker Dupree, leader of Finnegan’s privacy practice, noted: “There is a clear message at the federal level that the president supports AI innovation, and now we have to see how states and lawmakers react to that. While there may be a desire to focus on AI innovation, lawmakers are also likely to recognize that consumer protection will still need to be part of the plan.”
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