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Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications –PART II

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/29/2024

In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more

Understanding How Generative AI Can Affect Your Business' Data Privacy And Ownership Is Crucial

Rumberger | Kirk on 5/13/2024

“In assessing a generative AI product, it is critical to understand issues of data ownership and privacy. This cumbersome task is necessary to learn how the AI platform will use data, if the data shared is entering an open or...more

Can Artificial Intelligence assist with cybersecurity management?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/10/2024

AI has great capability to both harm and to protect in a cybersecurity context. As with the development of any new technology, the benefits provided through correct and successful use of AI are inevitably coupled with the...more

M&A in 2023 and Trends for 2024

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/4/2024

M&A activity in 2023 was subdued, as dealmakers grappled with geopolitical tensions, inflation, rising interest rates, and increasing regulatory scrutiny, against a backdrop of general economic uncertainty. Challenges in the...more

Cybersecurity: What to Watch for in 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/4/2024

In 2024, businesses will continue to face an evolving landscape of cyber threats, along with an increasingly complex regulatory environment. With heightened scrutiny from regulators, consumers, and investors, the need to...more

The European Data Act: New Rules for a New Age

Cooley LLP on 12/26/2023

In today’s digital age, data is the new currency. The European Union recognises this and has introduced the European Data Act, a set of new rules that will revolutionise the way data generated by connected devices is shared...more

EU Commission, Council, and Parliament agree on details of AI Act

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/22/2023

On December 9, the EU Commission announced a political agreement between the European Parliament and the European Council regarding the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act). The agreement is provisional and is...more

State of play of the EU Cyber Resilience Act

Hogan Lovells on 11/27/2023

Earlier this month, EU lawmakers met for the second trilogue meeting in the negotiations on the upcoming Cyber Resilience Act (“CRA”). The CRA aims to strengthen cybersecurity in Europe on an unprecedent scale – the European...more

UK Data Regulator Joins Scrutiny of WorldCoin

Dechert LLP on 8/23/2023

WorldCoin is a cryptocurrency project which uses iris scanning technology to issue a “World ID” as a digital identifier. Privacy concerns over WorldCoin have been voiced by several data protection authorities worldwide....more

AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

White & Case LLP on 8/10/2023

Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: What's the Impact?

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/31/2023

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (or “AI Act”) is the world’s first legislation to regulate the use of AI. It leaves room for “technical soft law”; but, inevitably (being the first and being broad in scope), it will set...more

Data Privacy: What Nonprofits Need to Know in the United States, EU and UK, and China

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/6/2023

From long-standing laws to incoming legislation, global nonprofits must understand the requirements and prepare for scrutiny in their handling of personal data. U.S. privacy regulations are currently a complex framework of...more

Privacy and Data Security

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/30/2023

The very definition of generative AI suggests the creation of new content based on a program training on existing data, a recipe that necessarily raises potential U.S. and EU data privacy issues, not to mention related...more

Data and Cybersecurity - European Union Legislation and Proposals

BCLP on 6/19/2023

Updated June 2023 - The BCLP Data Privacy & Security team is tracking EU law developments relevant to data and cyber security. This tracker summarizes the effect and status of the following: the Digital Services Act, the...more

How has GDPR influenced the evolution of data protection in APAC?

A&O Shearman on 5/26/2023

International data protection law has taken a lead from the lessons learned in Europe since the introduction of GDPR. What influence have they had in APAC?...more

Compensation claims under the GDPR unpicking the latest EU and English case law and looking ahead

A&O Shearman on 5/25/2023

The first week of May 2023 saw further EU case law emerge on the right to compensation under the GDPR, and in this blog we analyse the implications of these latest rulings and consider what may be coming next....more

Q1 - 2023: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Quarterly Briefing

Benesch on 5/22/2023

Data privacy laws have been progressing globally, but federal legislation in the U.S. has been lacking - Businesses are facing a growing number of data privacy regulations. This is especially apparent among those in highly...more

Increasing global cybersecurity regulation of private companies on the near horizon

A&O Shearman on 4/25/2023

Within the past year, a number of countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands have initiated regulatory inquiries and developed new strategies for the purpose of more...more

Cybersecurity Developments and Legal Issues

White & Case LLP on 3/22/2023

For most large companies, a frictionless flow of information and the ability to transfer customer data, employee files, financial records and other information around the world quickly and cost-effectively is a critical...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2023

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/16/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 2 (February 2023) DCH Health Systems, based in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said it fired an employee in December after a routine privacy audit revealed evidence that the worker had accessed some...more

January 2023 AFS Privacy Report: Colorado Department of Law Issues Updated Draft CPA Rules

ArentFox Schiff on 1/13/2023

Colorado Department of Law Issues Draft CPA Revisions - On December 22, the Colorado Department of Law issued updates to the draft Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) rules. These revisions build on written comments and feedback from...more

Regulating Cybersecurity across the EU and the UK

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/13/2023

On November 28, 2022, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Network and Information Security 2 Directive (NIS 2 Directive), replacing the current NIS Directive (Directive 2016/1148/EC). On 27 December 2022,...more

5 Things You Need to Know About DORA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/9/2023

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament approved two significant pieces of cybersecurity legislation: The Network and Information Security 2 Directive (“NIS2”); and The Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”)....more

Cyber laws will be updated to boost UK’s resilience against online attacks

BCLP on 12/30/2022

The UK government confirmed on 30 November 2022 that there will be changes to the UK’s cybersecurity regulations in response to a public consultation launched earlier this year. This follows recent updates relating to the...more

Calmer waters in sight? The European Commission publish their draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

A&O Shearman on 12/21/2022

The 13 December 2022 marked a further stage in restoring greater stability for transatlantic personal data transfers, as the European Commission (the Commission) launched the process towards adoption of an adequacy decision...more

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