AI Compliance for Transparency
Transparency is addressed by 50 regulatory updates across 10 jurisdictions and 7 frameworks. This page tracks how regulators worldwide are approaching transparency in the context of artificial intelligence.
Framework Requirements for Transparency
Regulations Covering Transparency
US Federal(15)
No SEC regulatory update in supplied sources
The supplied materials do not contain an SEC rule, order, or guidance update, so no SEC regulation can be distilled from the record.
HIPAA Regulatory Initiatives on Reproductive Health and Security Rule
HHS says remaining Notice of Privacy Practices modifications from the reproductive health privacy rule remain in effect and must be complied with by February 16, 2026, while the agency also has a proposed Security Rule overhaul pending.
FDA AI-enabled medical device public list and transparency resource
The FDA’s AI-enabled medical device list is a periodically updated transparency resource that identifies authorized devices and encourages sponsors to include enough information in public summaries to support future tagging of foundation-model-based functionality.
FDA AI-enabled medical devices overview and resource list
The FDA describes its risk-based oversight of AI-enabled medical devices and provides a periodically updated public list for transparency and regulatory expectations.
AP fine for Uber automated driver blocking
The AP fined Uber nearly 825 million euros for fully automated driver deactivations without human review and for insufficient transparency about automated decision-making.
European Union(9)
AI Act Guidelines Implementation Update
The Commission says it is preparing additional AI Act guidelines, including on high-risk systems, the AI value chain, substantial modification, post-market monitoring and interplay with other EU laws.
AI Act Fact Page
The fact page presents the AI Act’s risk-based structure, GPAI transparency and systemic-risk obligations, and the AI governance architecture.
EU AI Act: draft implementing act for AI regulatory sandboxes
The Commission opened feedback on a draft implementing act that would set common rules for establishing and operating AI regulatory sandboxes under the AI Act.
EU AI Act: draft guidelines on classification of high-risk AI systems
The Commission opened a consultation on draft guidelines to help providers, deployers, and market surveillance authorities assess whether an AI system is high-risk.
CNIL recommendations on AI system development under the GDPR
CNIL published recommendations explaining how the GDPR applies to the development of AI systems that process personal data, including purpose definition, lawful basis, data minimization, transparency, security, rights handling, and DPIA expectations.
Australia(9)
Basic Online Safety Expectations and transparency reporting guidance
eSafety says that social media, messaging and gaming service providers and other apps and websites will take reasonable steps to keep Australians safe, and that it can require providers to report on how they are meeting the Expectations.
eSafety legal notices to AI companion providers on child safety and harmful content
eSafety issued legal notices to four AI companion providers requiring them to explain how they are protecting Australian children from sexually explicit content, suicide and self-harm risks, and child sexual exploitation and abuse material.
Basic Online Safety Expectations and reporting guidance
The Basic Online Safety Expectations outline the Australian Government’s expectations that certain online service providers take reasonable steps to keep Australians safe, and eSafety can require reporting on how they are meeting them.
eSafety publishes transparency notice responses for AI services
eSafety publishes a transparency-notice report on AI services and explains how it uses enforceable notices to assess compliance with the Basic Online Safety Expectations.
Australia Age-Restricted Material Codes fully commence
Australia's Age-Restricted Material Codes have fully commenced, requiring online services across the ecosystem to put in place age-appropriate protections for children and age assurance for access to certain adult material.
Canada(6)
OPC guidance on AI and your business
The OPC says organizations using or developing generative AI should label AI-generated content or decisions, establish legal authority, be transparent, explain tools, limit data sharing, and embed privacy by design.
OPC leadership on AI and privacy
The OPC says it collaborates with domestic and international partners on statements, resolutions and toolkits to promote responsible, trustworthy and privacy-protective AI.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada AI and privacy resources
The OPC’s AI and privacy hub points to guidance, principles, news and collaboration on responsible, trustworthy and privacy-protective AI in Canada.
Your privacy and AI chatbots
The OPC advises users of AI chatbots to limit personal information shared because chatbot platforms may collect, store, reuse, or disclose what users enter.
Principles for responsible, trustworthy and privacy-protective generative AI technologies
The OPC issued privacy principles for generative AI that set out how organizations developing, providing, or using such systems should handle personal information, transparency, accountability, access, accuracy, and safeguards.
International(3)
Clear 2022 comprehensive governance of algorithms special action
The Cyberspace Administration of China launched a special action in April 2022 to push implementation of the algorithm recommendation provisions through self-inspection, inspections, filing, and rectification.
AI Guidelines for Business Ver. 1.0
METI and MIC compiled AI Guidelines for Business Ver. 1.0 by integrating and updating prior AI guidelines for a broad range of AI business operators.
OECD AI Law Radar tool
The OECDs AI Law Radar is a daily refreshed tracker of AI laws, regulations, and obligations across jurisdictions for compliance and governance teams.
United Kingdom(3)
FCA review of the long-term impact of AI on retail financial services
The FCA is reviewing how AI may reshape retail financial services by 2030 and beyond and is seeking views on future technology, market, consumer, and regulatory implications rather than proposing new rules now.
ICO opens formal investigation into Grok
The ICO has opened formal investigations into XIUC and X.AI over Grok’s processing of personal data and potential generation of harmful sexualised image and video content.
ICO and Turing guidance on explaining decisions made with AI
The ICO and Alan Turing Institute say organisations should provide practical explanations of AI-assisted decisions to affected individuals and to internal decision-makers.
Ireland(2)
Irish DPC guidance on automated decision-making and profiling
The Irish DPC explains that individuals have a right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, subject to limited exceptions and safeguards.
AP coordination and guidance for algorithm oversight
The AP's coordination directorate focuses on algorithm and AI risk analysis, cooperation with other supervisors, and guidance to clarify expectations for organizations.
Colorado(1)
Singapore(1)
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