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G7 Competition Authorities, Including DOJ and FTC, Release Joint Statement on AI Competition — AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 10/14/2024

On October 3 and 4, the competition authorities of the G7, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, participated in a summit on AI competition challenges. The...more

Personal Data Sharing: What Information About Recipients Do We Need to Provide to Individuals Under the GDPR?

Mayer Brown on 9/13/2024

Sharing personal data is necessary for most organisations, but it also entails certain data protection risks. Controllers who share personal data with others must, among other obligations, ensure that they comply with the...more

AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Council of Europe

White & Case LLP on 5/16/2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made enormous strides in recent years and has increasingly moved into the public consciousness. Increases in computational power, coupled with advances in machine learning, have fueled the...more

Gentle Reminder: DSA Obligations Will Apply to Online Intermediary Services Starting 17 February 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 1/3/2024

It has been some time already since the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation 2022/2065, DSA) was published, and since then, the discussions about Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines...more

EU Agrees on Groundbreaking AI Act: A Potential Model for AI Regulation?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/15/2023

On December 8, 2023, European Union policymakers brokered a deal on a broad law to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union....more

AI in Europe: Road Map for Navigating the IP, Data Protection and Regulatory Considerations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/19/2023

Organizations developing or using generative AI tools should implement cross-functional governance frameworks to develop and continuously monitor their use of such tools. From the earliest stages of generative AI use,...more

The AI Legal Pulse: Legal and Tech Updates on Disruptive Technologies

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 5/25/2023

The AI landscape is rapidly evolving. To help you stay abreast of the various developments, we share a recap of the latest legal and tech updates related to AI and other emerging technologies. The “Godfather” of AI resigns...more

Data Privacy Laws and Blocking Statutes: Five Practical Strategies for Counsel

HaystackID on 1/30/2023

Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more

Transatlantic Legal-Regulatory Update: Live from the Heart of Silicon Valley

Gardner Law on 12/2/2022

US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more

The European Health Data Space - Panacea or Poison Pill?

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/2/2022

On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space to “unleash the full potential of health data”. However, questions arise as to whether this proposal is a...more

EU Considers Significant Regulations for AI

Foley Hoag LLP on 5/11/2021

On April 21, 2021, the European Commission released a highly-anticipated proposal for a regulation governing artificial intelligence (AI). The proposal has been drafted by the Commission and its advisers, and plays a central...more

New Proposed EU AI Regulation Extends Beyond Europe

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/3/2021

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

New Horizons: European Commission Proposes Measures to Regulate AI

Goodwin on 4/27/2021

On 21 April 2021, the European Commission unveiled a proposal for an EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation (“Proposal”). The Proposal recognizes that AI offers significant benefits and opportunities for the EU market, but...more

The Belgian Data Protection Authority Publishes Recommendation Concerning Data Processing for Direct Marketing Purposes

Hogan Lovells on 3/6/2020

On January 17, The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) published Recommendation no 01/2020 providing Guidance on direct marketing. The Recommendation provides a methodology on how to comply with the General Data...more

What should U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and companies think of the proposed E.U. approach to regulating artificial intelligence?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/4/2020

As artificial intelligence continues to be an advantageous boom for companies in nearly every sector, many executives and regulators alike are struggling to understand both the boons and risks AI will bring to both companies...more

European Data Protection Supervisor Issues Opinion on Conducting Research Involving European Personal Data

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/24/2020

The European Data Protection Supervisor, the independent European Union authority responsible for data protection regulatory oversight, issued a preliminary opinion on data protection and scientific research. The Opinion...more

Spanish DPA Publishes Guide for Satisfying PbD Obligation

Hogan Lovells on 11/7/2019

On October 17, the Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) published the Guide to Privacy by Design (Guide). While Privacy by Design (PbD) first became a legal requirement in the EU with implementation of the General Data...more

European Union Parliament Releases Guidelines on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/26/2019

On September 19, 2019, the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) released a paper, European Union (EU) Guidelines on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (AI): Context and Implementation (“Paper”), to shed light on the...more

Chapter 9: Rights of data subjects – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

White & Case LLP on 4/16/2019

Why does this topic matter to organisations? EU data protection law provides data subjects with a wide array of rights that can be enforced against organisations that process personal data. These rights may limit the...more

Cookie Audit from Bavarian Data Protection Authority May Serve As GDPR Warning

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/8/2019

Following numerous privacy complaints, the State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) recently conducted a random audit on 40 companies and found widespread problems with their cookie disclosures....more

EDPB Advises on Lawful Grounds for Processing Personal Data in Clinical Trials

Hogan Lovells on 2/14/2019

With the coming into effect of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), those conducting clinical trials in the EU face a complex set of rules ranging from lawful grounds for processing and transparency to restrictions...more

GDPR Alert: Google Gets Biggest Fine Ever Issued by a European Data Protection Authority

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/23/2019

On 21 January 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “French DPA”) fined Google LLC 50 million euros for breach of the GDPR. As we reported on this blog, just after GDPR became applicable, noyb.eu (None of Your...more

Ready or Not...the GDPR Effective Date is Here

Verrill on 5/25/2018

Now that May 25th, the long awaited effective date of the European Union (“EU”) General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (“GDPR”), has arrived, many companies are realizing that they have more work to do to...more

GDPR Primer For Universities

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/15/2018

WHY DOES IT MATTER? - Because the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will hold universities much more accountable for the data they possess and use....more

In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/25/2018

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

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