With the recent revocation of former President Biden’s Executive Order 14110, President Trump has reshaped the U.S. government’s approach to AI regulation, raising critical concerns about innovation, privacy, and data security as new AI technologies come into play in the public and private sector.

The United States Department of the Treasury recently released its 36-page Report on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector. This timely document provides a macro-level synthesis of feedback from financial industry stakeholders, offering insights into generative AI’s transformative potential and challenges.

Attorney Savannah Liner Avera discusses the recent passing of Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Bill on July 31, 2024, bringing significant changes to the PDPA 2010.

Background In August 2024, global data privacy saw major shifts with new cross-border agreements like the EU-Japan EPA, Brazil's landmark injunction on WhatsApp, a sizeable fine against Uber, and China's identity authentication measures. Sector-specific protections tightened, especially for children's privacy in the U.K. and facial recognition in Denmark, while formal guidance from Brazil and India

By December 23, 2024, all entities regulated under the HIPAA Privacy Rule must comply with the latest amendments, which provide enhanced protections for reproductive health information and more.

Vermont’s new Data Privacy Act is poised to be the second strongest in the U.S., focusing on protecting consumers and children from aggressive data gathering and addictive algorithms. Learn about the bill’s key provisions, compliance requirements, and potential impact on your business.

California rolled out 31 new Artificial Intelligence bills affecting almost every level of commerce. Find out how they may affect your business, human resource operations, healthcare, schools, and more.

The EU Consumer Protection Agency has rallied against Meta’s “Pay or Consent” model, claiming it is entirely too aggressive and coercive, fundamentally undermining the principles of GDPR.

The EU’s cookie reduction pledge represents a significant move towards enhanced digital privacy. While offering more control over cookies, the emergence of alternative tracking methods like device fingerprinting and contextual targeting highlights new complexity, reminding companies that users are no longer data-naïve.

On November 8, 2023, the CPPA published an updated draft of its cybersecurity audit regulations, intended, in part, to facilitate board discussion and public participation during the upcoming CPPA board meeting…

Written by: Savannah Liner Avera, Esq. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced a historic settlement with Google regarding its predatory disregard for users’ location tracking preferences. Google will pay $391.5 million to 40 states in a privacy violation settlement for continuing to track users after opting out of a feature called location history. Background This