U.S. Businesses need to pay attention to U.S. Privacy and AI Laws

Businesses that operate in the U.S. that think the U.S. doesn’t have privacy or AI laws are wrong. 19 U.S. states that cover more than 50 percent of the U.S. population have comprehensive privacy laws, and five states have AI laws. Depending on how the term “profiling” is defined in a state’s privacy law, some AI activities may be covered by a state’s privacy law as well.

U.S. businesses need to pay attention to these privacy and AI laws because all of the state privacy laws have enforcement provisions and because attorneys general from seven states, as well as the California Privacy Protection Agency, have joined together to create the Consortium of Privacy Regulators. This bipartisan coalition was formed to coordinate enforcement efforts and promote consistent interpretation of state privacy laws. The Consortium’s goal is to protect consumer privacy rights and ensure businesses are held accountable for violations. The seven states are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, New Jersey, and Oregon.

These state privacy and AI laws are similar but aren’t consistent with each other. Indicium Consulting can help your business implement these laws in a practical, strategic, actionable, and competitive way.