Inside Privacy

MARCH 8, 2024

On 6 March 2024, the ICO issued a call for views on so-called “Consent or pay” models, where a user of a service has the option to consent to processing of their data for one or more purposes (typically targeted advertising), or pay a (higher) fee to access the service without their data being processed for those purposes.

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MatterSuite

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this blog, we will discuss the best eDiscovery training and certification programs of the year 2024 that will enable you to make a wise decision according to your career interests. Why eDiscovery Training and Certification Matter in 2024?

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Inside Privacy

MAY 30, 2023

On May 28, 2023, the Texas legislature passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act , making it the sixth state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law this year. If signed into law, the Act would take effect on July 1, 2024. The Act shares many similarities with Virginia, although there are some distinctions.

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Inside Privacy

MARCH 23, 2023

There is, however, an increasing body of EU law requiring organizations to adopt some appropriate measures to verify age. For instance, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive requires the adoption of appropriate measures to protect children from harmful content, including through age verification.

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Inside Privacy

JANUARY 14, 2024

Several EU data protection supervisory authorities (“SAs”) have recently issued guidance on cookies. On January 11, 2024, the Spanish SA published guidance on cookies used for audience measurement (often referred to as analytics cookies) (available in Spanish only).

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new tech law blog

MARCH 10, 2023

“Dark patterns” used by online platform providers have been controversial for some time, but recently there has been a growing buzz about them, in particular due to actions undertaken by EU and national data protection and consumer protection authorities. What are “dark patterns”?

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Vogel IT Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Computerworld reported that “Apple is planning its first AI acquisition for 2024, a German firm called brighter AI, according to an online news report.” The February 5, 2024 article entitled “Apple has eye on building bigger genAI data sets” ( [link] ) and included these comments: Apple is beginning to act on its generative AI (genAI) plans.

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Technology Law Dispatch

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The pilot is expected to launch in the first half of 2024, for a 12-month period, with the DRCF to provide details of how to apply to the hub later this year. Those who don’t directly benefit from the pilot will have recourse to the DRCF’s case study archive, and anonymised examples of advice provided.

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Debevoise Data Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

State Privacy Laws series, we review key components of the proposed rules and takeaways from the public hearing. Part 1 of this Data Blog series discussed recent developments in the rulemaking for the California Privacy Rights Act. ColoPA requires controllers to respond to such opt-out signals beginning on July 1, 2024.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

On September 15, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the bipartisan AB 2273 , known as the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“California Design Code”). Notable affirmative obligations include: Data Protection Impact Assessments (“DPIAs”). How does the California Design Code compare to other laws?

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Rocket Matter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you’re leading a law firm, you need to be prepared. Although the healthcare industry has the most issues with security threats, according to a 2023 report from IBM , 27% of law firms have been affected. This number will likely increase in 2024. Is your law firm regularly patching your software?

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Berkley Technology Law Journal

JANUARY 24, 2025

They are responsible for overseeing an organizations data protection measures, risk management strategies, overall security infrastructure, among other critical responsibilities. As regulatory focus on cybersecurity grows, CISOs may continue to face increasing scrutiny under both securities law and potential new regulatory frameworks.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Despite recent challenges in the EU “trilogue negotiations”, proponents still hope to reach a compromise on the key terms of the draft EU AI Act by 6 th December, with a view to passing to the Act in 2024 and most of the provisions becoming effective sometime in 2026. Where are we in the legislative process?

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Legal IT Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Companies often need to transfer personal data to other countries while conducting their business operations. Since personal data is not everywhere reliably protected by law, there are plenty of requirements for its legal transfer. Standard data protection (or contractual) clauses ( SCCs ) are the most common safeguards.

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Inside Privacy

MAY 23, 2023

European lawmakers hope to adopt the final AI Act before the end of 2023, ahead of the European Parliament elections in 2024. These include making publicly available “a sufficiently detailed summary of the use of training data protected under copyright law” (Article 28b(4)(c)).

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 23, 2022

Connecticut’s Governor signed the state’s comprehensive privacy law into effect on May 10, 2022, adding yet another category of state privacy law. We also provide an overview of the CTPA’s enforcement mechanisms and explain how the CTPA modifies prior laws’ safe harbor with a nod towards prosecutorial discretion.

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Legal IT Group

JANUARY 22, 2024

With this regard, it is essential to know about the privacy legislation of this country since, nowadays, most internet businesses process the personal data of their clients, and they should do it in compliance with data protection laws. What to expect in 2024? The “personal information” definition is amended.

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Inside Privacy

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Order makes several notable changes to the prior rules, including broadening the definitions of a reportable “breach” and “covered data,” requiring covered entities to notify the FCC in addition to federal law enforcement of breaches, and modifying certain customer notification requirements. state data breach notification laws.

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The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

APRIL 6, 2023

The Social Media Regulation Act will go into effect on March 1, 2024 and will impose a two-fold requirement on social media companies, as well as minors. As justification for this sweeping law, legislators have cited studies that show the detrimental impact of social media on children. has no comparable law. is very balkanized.

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Inside Privacy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While the EU GDPR regulates the international transfer of personal data, several recently enacted EU laws regulate the international transfer of non-personal data, which is any data that is not “personal data” under the GDPR. This is borne out by the provisions in the proposed EHDS, as discussed below.

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CloudNine

MAY 1, 2024

By Rick Clark The Masters Conference in Washington, DC, on April 17th, 2024, was a bustling event with crowded sessions throughout the day. The agenda featured a diverse range of topics, such as Modern Data, Link Files, eDiscovery Case Law, and Artificial Intelligence, making it an exceptional experience for attendees.

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Legal IT Group

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The Attorney General has the right to file an administrative lawsuit against brokers who fail to register or violate the requirements of applicable personal information protection laws and to order them to pay appropriate fines and other costs. What to prepare for now? Are there any other requirements for brokers?

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Clio

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The vast majority of state bars require continuing legal education (CLE) for lawyers, in order to ensure they remain up-to-date on the most current laws and ethics requirements. Since CLE requirements must be met in order to keep your license to practice law, an attorney has no choice but to understand these requirements well.

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Rocket Matter

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It’s one part of building a thriving, financially secure law firm. But that’s not all there is to it. Sorry about that.) In 2024, financial security is about more than just getting paid—it’s about safeguarding transactions to protect your firm from revenue loss and legal liabilities. Getting paid.

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Clio

MARCH 14, 2024

Lawyers and law firms are increasingly finding innovative ways to use technology to help clients. While law firm innovation is exciting, there are important considerations to keep in mind. In this article, we dig into law firm innovation, including its challenges and benefits. This leads to loyal clients and increased referrals.

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Clio

JANUARY 30, 2024

Law firm data security should be a top priority for any practice, and here’s why: Clients trust you with their most confidential information. Since clients entrust lawyers with so much of their sensitive data, law firms make prime targets for cybercrime. You don’t want your law firm to become part of that statistic.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Our top five European data protection developments from May are: UK guidance on ransom payments: The UK NCSC and various insurance industry bodies co-published guidance on key considerations for ransomware payments. 22, then there must be sufficient human-involvement in that processing for it to be GDPR-compliant.

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Debevoise Data Blog

MAY 28, 2024

EDPB “Consent or pay” models: Businesses operating large online platforms should consider the European Data Protection Board’s recent opinion indicating that “consent or pay” models are unlikely to be GDPR-compliant. These developments, and more, are covered below.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Our top-five European data protection developments from August are: Uber fined for personal data transfer: The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €290 million for the unlawful transfer of European drivers’ personal data to the U.S., without sufficient safeguards.

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Debevoise Data Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Our top-eleven European data protection developments for the end of 2024 are: EU Cyber Resilience Act: The Council of the European Union approved the Cyber Resilience Act , introducing cybersecurity requirements for digital products sold in the EU.

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Eric Goldman

AUGUST 16, 2024

I’m pleased to announce the 2024 edition (15th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. I added a summary of contributory and vicarious copyright law principles from the Frontier Communications case. s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and State Consumer Privacy Laws In re.

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Debevoise Data Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

Key takeaways from March include: CNIL data security practice guide: The French DPA published an update of its data security practice guide for data protection officers, chief information security officers, computer scientists and legal experts. These developments, and more, are covered below.

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Debevoise Data Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The AEPD held that a DPO cannot hold a position that leads them to determine the purposes and means of data processing. The scale and data protection risks associated with such technologies has been further complicated recently by their increasing integration with artificial intelligence systems.

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Global LegalTech Hub

MAY 7, 2024

In March 2024, a study titled " Implementing Generative AI in Legal Firms and Legal Departments " was published by the AI Laboratory (UBA IALAB) at the University of Buenos Aires. Countries like Italy initially blocked ChatGPT's use, later reinstating it with promises of increased transparency and data protection.

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Debevoise Data Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

Building on prior European guidance , the French and Irish DPAs published guidance on the deployment of generative AI, large language models and data protection. To that end, the EDPB proposed designating DPAs as the “national competent authorities” under the AI Act to create a single point of contact.

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Debevoise Data Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Data protection & AI: In particular: (i) the French CNIL published its first set of guidance on GDPR compliance when developing AI tools; and (ii) the UK ICO issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snap over its AI chatbot, alleging that Snap had not adequately assessed the privacy risks posed to child users of the tool.

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Inside Privacy

JANUARY 24, 2024

On 15 January 2024, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced the launch of a consultation series (“Consultation”) on how elements of data protection law apply to the development and use of generative AI (“GenAI”). Interested stakeholders are invited to provide feedback to the ICO by 1 March 2024.

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