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More States Ban Foreign AI Tools on Government Devices

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Alabama and Oklahoma have become the latest states to ban from state-owned devices and networks certain AI tools with links to foreign governments. ...more

Miller Canfield

DOJ Rule Restricting Sensitive Data Transfers Takes Effect

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Today, April 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Final Rule restricting transfers of bulk sensitive personal data and U.S. government-related data becomes effective, implementing former President Biden’s Executive Order...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Law Restricting TikTok’s Operations in the U.S.

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On January 17, 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in TikTok Inc. v. Garland, affirming the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Act), which restricts...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Links: TikTok’s Wild Ride

In a rare unanimous decision, on January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that bans TikTok in the United States on national security grounds so long as it has its current ownership structure. TikTok chose to make the...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Why the Supreme Court Tolerated the TikTok Ban (And What That May Teach Us About Deference)

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Today the Supreme Court of the United States declined to block Congress’s TikTok ban, clearing the way for the ban to take effect on January 19, 2025. On a quick look, banning an online forum where millions of Americans...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #427 – Ahead of the TikTok Ban, Users are Turning to Another Chinese App with Similar Privacy Concerns – What you...

TikTok users are seeking alternate platforms to share and view content as the U.S. is set to ban the popular social media app on January 19, 2025. Instead of turning to U.S.-based companies like Facebook or Instagram, users...more

Mayer Brown

PRC Guidelines on Identifying Sensitive Personal Information

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The PRC National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity of SAC (“TC260”) published new Guidelines on Identifying Sensitive Personal Information (“Guidelines”) on 18 September 2024, nearly three months after it released the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Supreme Court to Hear TikTok Case

The United States Supreme Court announced on December 18, 2024, that it will hear the TikTok ban case and has scheduled oral arguments to be held on January 10, 2025, before the ban’s effective date of January 19, 2025....more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

TikTok on the Clock: What Brands Should Consider Pending a Potential TikTok Ban

Background - A potential ban of the popular social media app, TikTok, has been in the news for years, but recent events suggest that it may become reality for Americans in the coming weeks. On December 6, 2024, the U.S. Court...more

Alston & Bird

The D.C. Circuit’s TikTok Decision Could Portend Greater Regulation of Chinese-Owned Apps

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On December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“Act”). The Act, signed into law by...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

2024 TikTok Roundup: Controversies, Bans, and What’s Next

If you’re one of the over 170 million TikTok users in the United States, you’ve probably seen TikTok as a regular in the news. TikTok, a highly popular social media platform operated by the Chinese technology company...more

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China Finalizes the Network Data Security Management Regulations and Issues the First Free Trade Zone Data Export Negative List

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On September 24, 2024, the State Council released the Regulations on the Management of Network Data Security (《网络数据安全管理条例》) (“Regulations”). The Regulations focus on prominent issues related to Personal Information (PI),...more

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Proposed Rule Targeting Connected Vehicles Will Impose Major New Supply Chain Compliance Requirements on Automotive Companies that...

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On September 26, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if finalized, would prohibit...more

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China Releases AI Safety Governance Framework

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On September 9, 2024, China’s National Technical Committee 260 on Cybersecurity released the first version of its AI Safety Governance Framework (the Framework), which was formulated to implement the Global AI Governance...more

Cozen O'Connor

21 Republican AGs Demand Information from Temu about Data and Labor Practices

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A group of 21 Republican AGs sent a letter to the president of WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, and the CEO of Temu’s parent company PPD Holdings Inc. (collectively, “Temu”), raising concerns that the company’s business practices...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Foley Automotive Update - June 2024

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Analysis by Julie Dautermann, Competitive Intelligence Analyst This update helps automotive suppliers inform their legal and operational decisions to help address challenges and opportunities. Key Developments - Foley &...more

Fisher Phillips

The Clock is Ticking on TikTok – How Employers Can Prepare for TikTok Ban

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Employers and businesses are in limbo on how to prepare for a post-TikTok world after Congress passed legislation giving the social media app’s Chinese owner nine months to either sell the company or be banned throughout the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #397 – TikTok and ByteDance File Suit Against the United States

As threatened, TikTok, Inc. and ByteDance, Ltd., the owner of the TikTok app, filed suit against the United States on May 7, 2024, alleging that the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Aid Package Signed by President Biden Includes Divestiture of TikTok Requirement

President Biden signed a historical aid package into law on Tuesday that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region. The package also includes a bill increasing sanctions on Russian assets and requiring...more

Mayer Brown

Commerce Considers ICTS-related Rules to Address Connected Vehicle Risks

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On March 1, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking1 (the “Notice”) seeking public comments on potential regulation of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bill to Ban TikTok Unless Divested from ByteDance

Yesterday, with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly (352-65) to support the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, designed to begin the process...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #391 – Potential Ban on TikTok in US Follows Ban in Other Countries

The bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives potentially banning TikTok’s use in the U.S. is not a novel idea. The federal government has already banned TikTok’s use for federal employees, some states have banned...more

King & Spalding

Biden Administration Initiates Inquiry Targeting "Connected Vehicles," with Chinese Electric Vehicles and Supply Chain As Clear...

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The Biden Administration announced on February 29, 2024, that it is commencing an inquiry into whether the involvement of “foreign adversaries” in the information and communications technology and services (“ICTS”) supply...more

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The BIOSECURE Act and Its Potential Implications

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Proposed federal legislation known as the BIOSECURE Act is being considered in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate....more

Fisher Phillips

New Executive Order to Block Businesses From Transferring Data to China and Other Countries of Concern – 4 Steps to Comply

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President Biden just issued an Executive Order that will lead to new restrictions on transferring sensitive personal data to China and other “countries of concern” – and it may create massive new compliance obligations for...more

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