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Training of Meta’s AI Systems and the Use of the European Users’ Data

Goodwin on 5/23/2025

As of May 27, 2025, Meta (Facebook and Instagram) will start using some of the personal data of European users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, including tools such as Meta AI and Llama language models....more

Preparing for the European Health Data Space - Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Digital Future

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/18/2025

The EU regulation designed to facilitate secondary use of clinical data for research brings benefits for health research, but also poses challenges for companies....more

A Corporate Lawyer's Guide To Data Privacy & Data Protection

Reveal on 11/6/2024

Privacy laws bring substantial compliance challenges for every organization that collects, processes, stores, and transfers personal data anywhere in the world. For legal departments, compliance professionals and internal...more

Ireland: Increased Regulatory Convergence of AI and Data Protection: X Suspends Training of AI Chatbot With EU User Data After...

DLA Piper on 8/26/2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more

New Jersey Data Protection Act: What Businesses Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/14/2024

On January 16, 2024, New Jersey became the first state to enact a comprehensive data privacy law in the new year, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) signing the New Jersey Privacy Act (NJPA) (SB 332) into law. The New Jersey law...more

Privacy Points 2024: Recap and What to Watch For in 2024

Benesch on 1/18/2024

Last year proved to be a big year in data protection with U.S. state data protection laws popping up across the country, the FTC updating its guidance and regulations on everything from data breaches and biometric...more

Oregon Passes State Privacy Law

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/4/2023

The state of Oregon has passed a comprehensive data protection law (SB0619), which will go into effect in July 2024. What do you need to know about SB0619, also known as the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act?...more

CPRA Draft Regulations – Next Round(s)

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/10/2022

It has been a bustling fall for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA or Agency). In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season, the Agency gifted us not one but two rounds of proposed modifications to the regulations...more

[Webcast Transcript] The State of US Privacy Law: What to Expect in 2023 and Beyond

HaystackID on 10/12/2022

Editor’s Note: On September 29, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of US privacy law. As privacy continues to move to the forefront of not only information consideration but of business concern for...more

What Is the Future for Opt-Out Class Actions in the UK After Lloyd v Google?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/19/2022

Takeaways - The U.K. Supreme Court, in its much-anticipated decision in Lloyd v Google, held that “opt-out” representative (class) actions cannot proceed unless the plaintiff proves material damage and shows that each class...more

Privacy Report: FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability

ArentFox Schiff on 1/19/2022

FTC Warns Companies to Remediate Log4j Security Vulnerability - Log4j is a ubiquitous piece of software used to record activities in a wide range of systems found in consumer-facing products and services. Recently, a...more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

No Cookies for You: DSK TTDSG Guidelines Impose Strict Limitations

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/30/2021

The German Data Protection Conference (DSK) issued guidance on the Federal Act on the Regulation of Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (‘TTDSG’), which went into effect on December 1, 2021...more

And Now There Are Three…. The Colorado Privacy Act

Mintz Edge on 8/3/2021

Colorado has now joined California and Virginia to become the third US state to pass a comprehensive data privacy legislation when Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (the “CPA”) into law on July 8, 2021. The...more

Another Data Privacy Law? Colorado Enacts the Colorado Privacy Act

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/22/2021

Colorado became the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation when Gov. Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on July 8, 2021. The CPA shares similarities with its stateside predecessors, the...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - March 2021

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/2/2021

In this month’s edition, we examine California’s new regulations enhancing opt-out rights in the California Consumer Privacy Act and the state's selections for the California Privacy Protection Agency’s inaugural board. We...more

Virginia Becomes the Second State—and the First on the Eastern Seaboard—to Adopt a Comprehensive Data Protection Law

Brooks Pierce on 3/31/2021

In March of 2021, Virginia became the second state to adopt a comprehensive data protection law. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, borrows many concepts from the...more

Virginia Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 3/11/2021

With incredible speed, Virginia became the second state in the United States with a comprehensive data privacy law. Virginia’s law is called the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The CDPA is effective January 1, 2023,...more

How to Maintain CCPA Compliance in the Cloud

Reveal on 10/2/2020

As more organizations find themselves under scrutiny for the way they collect and use consumer data, maintaining CCPA compliance has never been more important. CCPA has been introduced to give control back to consumers,...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/10/2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

A Spate of Legislative Action Portends a Busy Year in Privacy and Security

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/14/2020

The new decade has barely begun, and the world of privacy already seems set to change quickly. Here is a brief overview: New Laws In Effect as of January 1 - On January 1, 2020, new data breach notification requirements...more

Washington State to Try Again for a Comprehensive Privacy Law

Hogan Lovells on 1/14/2020

Washington State is already shaping up as a center of state privacy legislation for 2020. Last year, SB 5376 (also known as the Washington Privacy Act, or WPA) gained significant traction in the legislature, passing the...more

No Consent, No Cookie! CJEU Issues Far-Reaching Decision on Cookie Consent

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/4/2019

In its long-awaited judgment, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) decided the data protection requirements for obtaining consent when using cookies. The court held that “passive” acceptance of cookies through prechecked...more

Guide to CCPA Compliance – Update on Final Amendments

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 9/23/2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et seq. (CCPA) is the first significant piece of state legislation that expands the data privacy rights of the residents of California and imposes...more

Privacy Gone Public: How growing push for privacy laws may affect U.S. businesses

McAfee & Taft on 6/7/2019

The World Wide Web turns a spry 30 years old this year and statistics on its usage are mind-blowing. As of October 2018, more than four billion humans — half of the world’s population — are online. On average, Google...more

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