China enacted its Personal Information Privacy Law earlier this month, following Europe as the second major international player to have its own sweeping data privacy regulations. The law, regarded as China's version of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, is a set of rules for how businesses can collect, use, process, share and transfer personal information. Another Chinese data regulation, the Data Security Law, went into effect Sept. 1. The laws aim to protect Chinese citizens from the private sector, while the Chinese government still has easy access to personal data.

The California Consumer Privacy Act gives Californians some control over their data, but only if they know how to take advantage of it.

A US-based AI institute says that the science behind the technology rests on “shaky foundations”.

Provides an overview of the key privacy and data protection laws and regulations across the globe.