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The CFPB Continues to Reshape Consumer Protection in the Digital Arena

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2024

On August 28, the CFPB issued a Consumer Advisory warning that it believes video game companies are targeting children for monetary gain. With 45.7 million U.S. children engaged in video gameplay, the agency is concerned...more

The EU AI Act: What Businesses Need To Know

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/27/2024

The newly approved Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act or the Act) aims to create a secure and trustworthy environment for the development and use of AI in the European Union....more

Colorado’s Landmark AI Act: What Companies Need To Know

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/24/2024

Colorado has become the first state to enact a comprehensive law relating to the development and deployment of certain artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (CAIA), which will go into...more

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

Jenner & Block on 5/23/2024

As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/30/2024

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

The Not-So-Wild West of AI Regulation

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/27/2023

Over the past year, we have seen the various agencies and branches of government issue a slew of rules, guidance, and directives over the use (and misuse) of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In May, the EEOC issued guidance on...more

White House Issues Sweeping Executive Order on AI: Key Takeaways

Dechert LLP on 12/21/2023

President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence: Establishes a federal government-wide effort to mitigate risks of improper AI development and use. ...more

New York State Expected to Increase Enforcement of Cybersecurity Practices

Hogan Lovells on 2/26/2020

Companies should take note of two imminent developments in New York in the area of cybersecurity regulation: enforcement of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation (Regulation) and the...more

FTC Releases 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/26/2020

On February 25th, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update, which highlights the FTC’s activities during the past year....more

State Legislature Hears Concerns About Proposed Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Bill

Pierce Atwood LLP on 10/14/2019

On October 7, 2019, the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on pending legislation, including An Act Relative to Consumer Data Privacy (S.120). Modeled on the California Consumer...more

The Role of Artificial Intelligence

International Lawyers Network on 9/11/2019

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fashion and beauty industries — and the marketing of the same — has steadily gained traction over the last few years and it’s not hard to see why. AI provides a myriad of...more

Move over, CCPA? New York Considers Sweeping Data Privacy Law

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 6/10/2019

New York’s state legislature is considering a new data privacy law that would set the standard for data privacy in the U.S. The New York Privacy Act (the “NYPA” or the “Act”), which is currently being considered by the state...more

Are Employees Classed as Consumers? California State Assembly Speaks to This and Other Concerns

Womble Bond Dickinson on 6/3/2019

The California State Assembly has passed several amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) this legislative session. Among the total of four CCPA amendments that were passed in the Assembly this week, two have...more

FTC Seeks Substantial Changes to the Privacy and Safeguards Rules

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/12/2019

he Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has focused over the course of 2018-2019 on consumer protection, data security, privacy and FinTech issues as part of its review of "Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the 21st...more

Privacy Tip #175 – Data Privacy Day

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/31/2019

Ok it’s not as great as your birthday, but it comes once a year—Data Privacy Day, which was celebrated worldwide this week on January 28, 2019....more

FTC Kicks Off New Consumer Protection Hearings: Focuses on the Use of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/14/2018

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues its comprehensive efforts to focus on consumer protection issues, including those around the use of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics. These tools are...more

Senate Proposes Privacy Bill To Mimic GDPR And Target CEOs

King & Spalding on 11/13/2018

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has proposed sweeping new legislation that would overhaul internet privacy protections in the United States in the same vein as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The...more

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