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🩺⚙️ The CPPA voted to finalize rules on risk assessments and automated decision-making technologies weakened by 2+ years of industry lobbying. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, EPIC Senior Counsel @sarageoghegan.bsky.social analyzes these new rules that may signal California’s weakening regulations.

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đźš« Notably, the newly narrowed definition of #ADMT excludes all systems with humans in the loop, even if the technology makes significant decisions. #Risk assessments are no longer required for even systems that make decisions on criminal justice, insurance, and essential goods and services.
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📉 As Trump and the Musk-created #DOGE dismantle long-standing laws and entire agencies, Governor Newsom and the CPPA, California’s privacy watchdog agency, also head down a path of deregulation. In the governor’s words, he wants CA to do “DOGE but better”. But DOGE shouldn't exist to begin with.
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📝 California was once known as a trailblazer in data privacy protections. What has changed? Read @sarageoghegan.bsky.social’s full article in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/californians... #DataPrivacy #RiskAssessments #California #CPPA #DOGE #BigTech #Deregulation

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Sara Geoghegan (@sarageoghegan.bsky.social)

She/ her Senior Counsel @EPIC.org Focused on repro privacy, health privacy, and commercial surveillance. Views are my own

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