We get AI for work™: Analyzing "Brewer v. Otter.ai" — A Case Study of the Legal Risks of AI Note Takers
We get Privacy for work — Episode 13: Demystifying Data Mining
We get AI for work™: New Efforts to Ensure a National AI Policy
The Compliance 911 Show
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 22: The Data Privacy of the Dead & Critiquing the Digital Divine with Carl Öhman of Uppsala University
No Password Required: CISO at RSA and Champion of a Passwordless Future
From Diligence to Post-Closing: What’s Shifting in 2026 Health Care Transactions
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Health Care Financing Compliance, Regulatory, and Privacy Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Showroom to Server Room: AI in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Navigating Employee Data Responsibly: What’s the Tea in L&E?
AI, Algorithms, and Accountability: Unpacking the Colorado AI Act with Senator Rodriguez — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Navigate the Money Matrix in Our Upcoming Series: Privacy, Security, and AI Explained — The Consumer Finance Podcast
No Password Required: Virtual CISO at Trace3 and Roller Derby Penalty Box Visitor
Block & Order | Building on Layer 1 with Jennie Levin: Algorand, Policy Shifts & Tokenization’s Future
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 21: What Businesses Get Wrong About Regulators and How to Fix Privacy Fast
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 11 – FTC Enforcement Trends in a New Age — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Listen: Digital Doppelgangers: Navigating AI and Likeness Rights
12 Days of Regulatory Insights: Day 8 – How State AGs Are Rewriting Social Media Rules — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
We get AI for work™: Is your Tool really AI?
As noted last week, the FCC announced in a robocall proceeding that all individuals and entities that have a Federal Registration Number (FRN) in the FCC’s CORES database are now required to update it within ten business days...more
Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. ...more
Singapore has introduced the world’s first comprehensive governance framework for agentic artificial intelligence (AI)—systems capable of autonomous reasoning, planning, and action. Unveiled on 22 January 2026 at the World...more
AI-driven “agentic commerce” is no longer theoretical. Today’s AI assistants can already search for products, compare options, populate shopping carts, check out, initiate payment, and make returns, all on behalf of a person...more
Why Now? The Rising Cyber Threats Driving HIPAA Reform- In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed the first significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule...more
On February 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment order in favor of a mortgage servicer in a dispute under the FCRA. The plaintiffs sued their servicer, alleging it...more
On January 27, the California attorney general announced an investigative sweep targeting businesses’ use of consumer personal information to engage in surveillance pricing. The initiative is focused on whether companies are...more
In December, the Democratic Attorneys General Association, or DAGA, announced that it hired Rohit Chopra to lead its new Consumer Protection and Affordability Working Group. Originally published by Law360 - February 5,...more
Key point: Historically, civilian‑agency contractors who handled Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) enjoyed an informal compliance environment, with a requirement to adhere to NIST SP 800‑171 often framed as...more
As we move closer to the February 16 deadline, this is a reminder for HIPAA covered entities to confirm they are on track to update their Notice of Privacy Practices (“NPP”) to comply with the finalized federal requirements...more
The year 2025 has seen significant developments in employment law in Hong Kong. This article provides a quick glance at the major changes introduced during the year and offers insights into anticipated changes as we...more
The Video Privacy Protection Act became law decades ago, at a time when consumers physically visited and then rented movies on VHS tape or DVD at video rental stores. The impetus for the law was protecting the privacy of...more
On February 5, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind specialized civil and criminal unit, named Consumer Harm from International and Nefarious Actors or “CHINA” for short....more
The landmark Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) has been reauthorized retroactively from its original September 30, 2025 expiration for a limited one-year period. This development was the result of the...more
Key point: The law, which went into effect at signing, contains significant design and development requirements, requires independent third-party audits, and can be enforced against officers and employees. On February 5,...more
In a move that could reshape privacy law nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on January 26, 2026, that it will take up a challenge to the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision affirming the dismissal of a case under the...more
Voici l’édition de l’hiver 2026 de l’infolettre Gouvernail des données de Blakes, une publication du groupe Protection de la vie privée et des données de Blakes, que nous publions à la suite de la Semaine de la protection des...more
Let’s state the obvious. The FCC’s use of mandatory Federal Registration Numbers was a bad idea from the start. It became monumentally worse today, when the FCC quietly announced that anyone whose Federal Registration...more
A horrific new story hits our feeds every day. Social media platforms and other online spaces are drowning in a flood of abusive generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) content. Like with anything on the internet, users...more
Quick one for you TCPAWorld. In Barton v. Fast and Easy Marketing, LLC, et al. 2026 WL 25742 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 5, 2026) famous repeat litigator Nathan Barton filed suit against several companies in connection with unwanted...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently held The Age Verification Workshop to examine issues on a wide range of issues related to age verification and estimation technologies. The biggest takeaway from the January 28 workshop...more
On 5 February 2026, many of the key reforms to UK data protection law will take effect. They are being introduced through the Data Use and Access Act 2025 (“DUAA”), which is intended to simplify and streamline various parts...more
At some point, maybe it’s just simple math. What does it cost to not get in trouble with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)? This is not about dropping thousands of dollars to do a security risk analysis—and don’t forget...more
Artificial intelligence regulation is evolving at a rapid pace. After several years of guidance documents, executive orders, pilot frameworks, and fragmented state activity, 2026 could be a year “where the rubber meets the...more
Welcome to this month’s issue of The BR Privacy & Security Download, the digital newsletter of Blank Rome’s Privacy, Security & Data Protection practice. ...more
