Privacy advocates are pressing the California Privacy Protection Agency to reverse changes made to draft regulations around artificial intelligence and company audits as a result of significant business lobbying to scale back the rules.
Consumer groups say the steps taken this year by the agency’s board represent a significant departure from previous actions taken by the CPPA, which was established in 2020 as the first dedicated privacy regulator in the US. Those advocates, typically in sync with the agency’s stances, have noticeably stepped up their criticism to question if the agency is shifting from its mission to protect the state’s ...