Welcome to the March edition of Akin Intelligence. This month, the EU AI Act was approved by the European Parliament, moving one step closer to becoming the first major AI law. In the U.S., the DOJ brought criminal charges...more
4/10/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Copyright ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Healthcare ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Life Sciences ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
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President Biden has signed the long-awaited executive order implementing U.S. commitments to the new successor agreement to the Privacy Shield, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework—a historic step in respect of...more
10/20/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Transfers ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers
Last week the Biden administration and the European Commission jointly announced a new trans-Atlantic data flow agreement. While no specifics have yet been made public, a recent press release gives the high-level facts of...more
Recent developments in the tech sector in China, including government directives concerning heightened regulatory scrutiny of tech companies listed or looking to list in the US or on exchanges in other overseas jurisdictions,...more
On April 21, 2021, the European Commission (Commission) published its draft Regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It follows the strategies outlined in the February 2020 Commission’s White Paper on AI. The draft...more
5/3/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Popular ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registration Requirement ,
Transparency
United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more
10/14/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Retention ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Member State ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
UK
On October 1, 2020, the three-month grace period for businesses to comply with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law (DIFC Law No. 5 of 2020) (“DPL 2020”) came to an end. Regulating the...more
10/2/2020
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consent ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Data Protection Officers (DPOs) ,
Data Security ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
DIFC ,
Dubai ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Notice Requirements ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Popular
Two developments in the United Kingdom demonstrate the country’s renewed commitment to a sustainable data strategy with appropriate privacy and security safeguards. First, on September 9, 2020, the U.K. government published a...more
9/30/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Research and Development ,
UK
On Friday September 4, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body consisting of representatives of all the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in the European Economic Area, announced that it had formed two new...more
9/14/2020
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Controller ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information
A year ago, on May 25, 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. With its extraterritorial scope and detailed requirements, the GDPR aimed to change the approach to personal data...more
5/31/2019
/ Consent ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Data Subjects Rights ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Telemarketing