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Privacy, Security and AI Enforcement Report: January – April 2026 | Troutman Pepper Locke
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23 July 2026
◆ Topic
regulatory
◆ Geography
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◆ Verified
Fusion42 · 23 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
State attorneys general filed 43 enforcement actions in the first four months of 2026, with AI enforcement surging (12 actions YTD) and privacy as the dominant vector; enforcement activity is accelerating at +52% year-over-year, projecting ~130 actions for 2026 versus 31 in 2022.
◆ The Wire takeaway
State AGs are now filing AI enforcement actions at a pace that will hit 130+ by end of 2026, up from 9 in 2024. If you're shipping AI products—especially anything touching data, children, or security—the enforcement clock just started ticking, and these regulators move faster than the FTC.
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◆ Topics
ai-enforcement · state-ag · privacy-security · multistate-coordination · regulatory-risk