In December 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU AI Act. In our article titled An Introduction to the EU AI Act, we focused on applicability, thresholds, timing, and penalties related to the EU...more
4/19/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Risk-Based Approaches ,
Technology Sector
On December 8, 2023, European Union (EU) lawmakers reached an agreement on the EU’s AI Act. The EU AI Act has many similar themes to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and reflects a big step forward in the...more
1/25/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
EU ,
Fines ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Governance Standards ,
New Legislation ,
Noncompliance ,
Risk Management ,
Threshold Requirements
The latest proposed Federal Privacy Law, titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (“ADPPA”), continues to gain momentum and in late July 2022, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to advance the bill to...more
7/28/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Corrective Actions ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Federal Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Notification Requirements ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Proposed Legislation
This is the first of a multi-article series focused on privacy impact assessments. This first article provides an overview of privacy impact assessments, the existing and pending privacy laws which require privacy impact...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Privacy Framework, published in January 2020, is quickly becoming the mainstream control set for organizations to align with when assessing their data privacy posture,...more
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, a French court ordered IKEA to pay 1 million euros ($1.2 million) for spying on its employees in France. The allegations included reviewing employees' bank account records, using fake employees to...more
7/28/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
CNIL ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
IKEA ,
International Data Transfers ,
Privacy Notice Rule
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted a little over 3 years ago in May 2018, many organizations that collect personal data of individuals in the European Union (EU) have enhanced their data privacy...more