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Global regulators say AI image tools don't get a free pass on privacy rules

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2026-02-23

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Carly Page

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A coalition of more than 60 global data protection regulators, including the UK ICO and Ireland's DPC, issued a joint statement warning that companies producing realistic AI-generated images must comply with data protection laws. Regulators urged built-in safeguards against non-consensual intimate imagery, misuse of likenesses, and harms to children, and signaled they will investigate and take action where obligations are not met.

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