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California's Privacy Regulator Issues Enforcement Guidance on How To Avoid "Dark Patterns" in Obtaining Consumer Consent

On September 4, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA") announced that it issued an Enforcement Advisory ("Advisory") providing guidance on how to avoid using prohibited "Dark Patterns" to obtain consent from...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CARU Settles With KidGeni AI Platform Over Alleged Privacy Violations 

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit recently settled with KidGeni – a generative art platform intended for children- for allegedly violating both CARU’s guidelines and COPPA. According to CARU, which is a self-regulatory...more

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AI Act published in EU Official Journal to enter into force on 1 August 2024

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On 12 July, 2024, the Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the ‘EU AI Act’) was published in the official Journal of the European Union. The EU AI Act aims to establish a...more

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New UK Consumer Laws on Fake Reviews, Subscription Contracts and Drip Pricing: Impact on US Businesses

In May of this year, the UK Government passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) into law. The DMCC is wide-ranging and covers three key areas: consumer law, digital markets, and merger and antitrust...more

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Israel: Significant Changes in Privacy Protection Law

The Knesset Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved an amendment to the Israeli Privacy Protection Law (PPL). The amendment proposes extensive changes to the PPL, including granting additional enforcement powers...more

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Rhode Island Enacts the Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act, Joining the US Data Privacy Landscape

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Rhode Island became the latest state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation, when the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (the "Rhode Island Data Privacy Act") passed into law on June 28, 2024....more

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Empire State of Minding the Minors: New York Laws Aim To Ensure Children’s Privacy and Online Safety

On June 7, 2024, the New York Legislature passed two bills to protect children online. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, S7694A, prohibits social media platforms from providing defined "addictive...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Turkey

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Turkey has published multiple guidelines on the use of AI in various sectors; Turkish government expected to enact AI-specific regulation in the near future. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) ...more

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Minnesota passes the Consumer Data Privacy Act

Minnesota has become the 18th state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law. On May 24, Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act into law to provide privacy rights to Minnesotans and to impose...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Does an Adaptable Privacy Program Look Like?

Privacy professionals know “adaptable” programs are important. But what does that really mean? What does it look like? And how do we create one? We know that with the never-ending list of new laws and modifications to...more

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FCC’s Net Neutrality Redux: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its latest network neutrality order, Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (the "Order"), which was published in the Federal Register on May 22, 2024,...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-up Newsletter | April 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for April 2024. We discuss several US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agency actions, including the Calendar Year (CY) 2025...more

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States Begin To Regulate AI in Absence of Federal Legislation

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The European Union seized the early global lead in regulating artificial intelligence (AI) by passing its AI Act on March 13, 2024, following a lengthy legislative process. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, the U.S. Congress...more

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Maryland Enacts Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

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On May 9, 2024, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law Senate Bill 541 (the "Maryland Online Data Privacy Act") making Maryland the eighteenth state to adopt comprehensive data privacy legislation in the United States...more

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The American Privacy Rights Act: Could This Be the One?

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The chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and the chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), released a discussion...more

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Will the US Congress Actually Pass a Law That Will Make Life Easier for Businesses?

PLEASE SIT DOWN BEFORE READING THIS - Is it actually possible that the United States Congress is on its way to enacting legislation that will potentially make regulatory compliance easier for businesses? Over the last...more

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A Federal Privacy Law or a False Hope? Making Sense of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 Draft

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On April 7, 2024, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the chair of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the chair of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,...more

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American Privacy Rights Act – Another Shot at a Comprehensive Federal Privacy Law

Will the U.S. finally join most developed nations and pass a comprehensive federal privacy law? Some believe this may be the year that the U.S. does just that....more

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Latest Draft Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation is Released

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Two key members of Congress unveiled the latest iteration of a proposed nationwide comprehensive privacy and data protection bill this past week. House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate...more

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Nebraska Legislature Passes Consumer Data Privacy Bill

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Keypoint: Nebraska is the seventeenth state legislature to pass consumer data privacy legislation with a bill that largely tracks the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. On April 11, 2024, the Nebraska legislature passed...more

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Highlights from this week’s IAPP Global Privacy Summit

Since 2011, I’ve attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals’ Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C. Each year one session gets everyone talking; this year the honor went to “Direct Insights from U.S....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California Privacy Regulator Issues First Enforcement Alert

On April 1, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) issued its first enforcement advisory directing businesses to implement the data minimization principle when responding to consumer requests. The advisory was...more

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FTC Releases Privacy and Data Security Update

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On March 28, 2024, the FTC released its annual Privacy and Data Security Update (Update), which highlights the enforcement actions, guidance, and rules promulgated by the agency from 2021 through 2023 to protect consumer data...more

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The Next Wave of Privacy Litigation: The Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act

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Enacted in 1998, Illinois’ Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) governs the confidentiality and use of genetic testing and genetic information by employers and insurers. The statute was designed to prevent employers and...more

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The AI Act: The EU’s Bid to Set the Global Standard for AI Regulation

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In a groundbreaking move, the European Union has launched its bid to set the new comprehensive standard for the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) with the European Parliament passing the EU AI Act on March 13, 2024....more

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