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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 69

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UK Data Regulator Responds to Google’s Policy Shift on Fingerprinting - Google announced that starting February 16, 2025, its platform program policies will change to remove the prohibition in its current policies against...more

Morgan Lewis

No More Public Access to German Transparency Register Due to New European Court of Justice Ruling

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The European Court of Justice in a recent judgment nullified a key provision in the 2018 version of the EU Money Laundering Directive requiring that information regarding beneficial owners registered in the European national...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

AI Update: EU High-Level Expert Group Publishes Requirements for Trustworthy AI and European Commission Unveils Plans for AI...

Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence - On July 17, 2020, the European High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (“AI HLEG”) presented its final Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

“Good” and “Safe” Data – Panel Launches Artificial Intelligence Initiative

On April 25, 2019 Orrick’s Successful Women in IP (SWIP) group and the newly launched AI Cross Practice Initiative joined forces to bring together industry-leading AI experts for a lively panel discussion on the data used to...more

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AB 748: More Public Access To Body Camera Footage Under PRA - Amendment To California Law Gives Public Agencies More...

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The California public will have a greater right to access police body camera footage, and any other audio or video recording acquired by any police agency or state prosecution office, under the Public Records Act with the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Negotiating the Tension Between Transparency and Privacy

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Making individual patient-level data available for other research presents companies with challenges, but researchers and companies can take steps to minimize the risks. Originally published in Drug and Medical Device,...more

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Data Collection at Retail Properties - Risks and Recommendations

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Brick-and-mortar retailers and other property-level businesses have increasingly taken advantage of technology in learning about consumer behavior. Businesses can enhance consumer experiences through targeted marketing,...more

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Police Arrest Videos Not Considered Confidential

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The California Supreme Court recently denied considering an appellate court ruling from a case in Eureka that police arrest videos cannot be considered confidential officer personnel records and therefore kept from public...more

Morgan Lewis

Beyond Bitcoin: Barriers to Use of Distributed Ledger Technology (Part 2)

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In Part 1, we provided an introduction to “Blockchain,” the distributed ledger technology behind Bitcoin. In Part 2, we discuss some of the business and legal obstacles standing in the way of widespread acceptance of this...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

NTIA Multistakeholder Process Finalizes General Privacy Guidelines for Commercial Facial Recognition Use

We’ve previously blogged about the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) privacy multistakeholder process to address concerns associated with the emerging commercial use of facial recognition...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Consumer Outlooks on Privacy

Privacy is a social norm, sometimes captured in laws and regulations, which sets limits on the collection, protection, processing, and deletion of personal information. As has become increasingly clear in recent years,...more

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Swarming Regulation of Personal Data in the US Tech Sector

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Sectoral regulation of privacy and information security in the United States has created a complex system for tech innovation, because new products and services transcend the traditional sectoral boundaries and because...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FOIA Lawsuit Filed Challenging CFPB Research Methodology

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The law firm Covington & Burling LLP has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the CFPB in Washington, D.C. federal district court seeking  information relating to the CFPB’s report on, “Consumer Voices on...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

Facial Recognition Technology: Social Media and Beyond, an Emerging Concern

This week, a major self-regulatory initiative intended to address privacy concerns associated with facial recognition technology hit a significant stumbling block. Nine consumer advocacy groups withdrew from the National...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Drone on Drones: Justice Department Drone Policy Emphasizes Privacy and Transparency

Federal agencies deploying surveillance drones in domestic airspace will be required to conduct annual privacy reviews, the Department of Justice announced last week. The new policy aims to require DOJ employees to assess the...more

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White House Releases Memorandum On Safeguarding Privacy In Domestic Use Of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

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On February 15, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum setting out rules to safeguard privacy, civil rights and civil liberties in the domestic use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS”), sometimes referred to as UAVs...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Disclosing a CEO’s Illness: Privacy vs. Transparency

From time to time, a prominent CEO’s illness makes its way into the news and highlights once again one of disclosure’s trickiest issues. Most recently, Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, disclosed that he has...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

CMS Issues New Policy on Disclosure of Physician Payment Information

On January 17, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will release Medicare expenditure data on specific physicians under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This new “transparency”...more

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