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The human touch - AI’s role in commerce - The Visionaries

IR Global on 11/13/2024

The Productivity Paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more

China's Cyberspace Administration Proposes Draft Rules to Regulate Generative AI

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/24/2023

Regulator proposes requiring content moderation, algorithmic transparency, data protection and security, nondiscrimination, and quality of training data - Regulators around the globe are paying close attention to the...more

Current Turmoil and Future Risks in Resolving Data Breach Class Actions

Polsinelli on 3/14/2023

Data incident lawsuits, especially class actions, have the potential to create significant business disruption, loss of marketplace credibility, civil liability or regulatory exposure. Consequently, companies that experience...more

Data Privacy in 2023: Expectations, Responsibilities & Cyber Security Tactics to Safeguard Your Information

J.S. Held on 2/9/2023

INTRODUCTION - As more of our lives and work become digitized, an inherent overlap continues to grow between data privacy and cyber security programs. Think of two similarly sized circles: in the past, data privacy and cyber...more

China’s New Data Security Law: What to Know

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/22/2021

The Data Security Law will enhance an increasingly comprehensive legal framework for information and data security in the PRC. Key Points: Notably, the DSL: ..Applies to a wide range of data and data activities, with...more

Connecticut Extends Deadlines to Comply with Insurance Data Security Law, New York Approved as a Safe Harbor Jurisdiction

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 2/17/2021

We previously reported that the Connecticut Insurance Department had issued Bulletin IC-42 to all licensees, providing guidance for compliance with the State's Insurance Data Security Law (the Act). However, in light of the...more

Beyond Data Breach: Evaluating Coverage for Misuse of Information Claims

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers on 7/11/2020

New and comprehensive privacy and cyber regulations continue to proliferate across the globe. These are not your father’s data breach notification laws. The scope of information included within these mandates has expanded...more

China Issues New Cybersecurity Law to Protect Children

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/9/2019

China’s PCPPIC protects children’s personal information in much the same way as COPPA and the GDPR, but with a few differences. On August 22, 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a new data privacy...more

A Primer on the SHIELD Act: New York’s Move to Adopt More Stringent Data Security Requirements

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 3/12/2018

In November 2017, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman introduced the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act (the “Act”) in the state’s Legislature. Companies – big and small – that collect...more

FTC Can Regulate Cybersecurity Practices, Third Circuit Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2015

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures as “unfair” acts or practices under Section 5 of the FTC Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in a very important...more

Federal appeals court confirms FTC authority to regulate cybersecurity policies and procedures

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/1/2015

Banks and other companies subject to the CFPB’s jurisdiction face the possibility that the CFPB could begin using its authority under Sections 1031 and 1036 of the Dodd-Frank Act (which proscribe unfair, deceptive or abusive...more

Third Circuit affirms FTC’s jurisdiction over security practices in Wyndham case

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/31/2015

In a strongly worded opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday slammed Wyndham Worldwide Corporation’s arguments that the FTC did not have jurisdiction to enforce the security practices of businesses following a...more

Laws Governing Data Security and Privacy – U.S. Jurisdictions at a Glance

Carlton Fields on 6/25/2015

The below chart constitutes a summary of the laws of various jurisdictions that govern data breach notifications...more

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