New York has a new AI-related law which took effect January 1. The law regulates creation and use of digital replicas of an individual’s voice or likeness and is similar to those in California and Tennessee....more
1/7/2025
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Artificial Reproduction ,
Cybersecurity ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
New York ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology Sector
In the waning months of the current administration, the White House issued a memo setting forth actions focused on national security as directed in the AI Executive Order from last year. As a reminder, the order -while...more
12/17/2024
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Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector
In the fifth in our series of California developments, we turn to data broker obligations. There are two of note. First, the California privacy agency is moving forward Delete Act regulations it proposed earlier this year....more
In the third in our series of new CCPA regulations from California, we look at obligations for conducting risk assessments under CCPA. CCPA had called on the California agency to promulgate rules to address such assessments,...more
In the second in our series of new CCPA regulations from California, we look at proposed rules for use of automated decisionmaking technology. As a reminder, CCPA discusses these technologies in relation to profiling, namely...more
12/12/2024
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Data Privacy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
New Regulations ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Assessment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology
The California Privacy Protection Agency released proposed CCPA rules for a variety of topics in November, as well as announcing an investigative sweep for compliance with the Delete Act. Topics include the following, which...more
12/9/2024
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Audits ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
California ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comment Period ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Deadlines ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insurance Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Machine Learning ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Privacy Laws
The United Kingdom and the United States released a joint statement last month outlining plans focused on children’s online privacy. As indicated in the statement, they intend to engage national institutions and other...more
Regulations impacting children’s use of social media continues to be a space in motion the past few months. There have been developments at both the state level, as well as with the FTC. And there is no sign of slowing down....more
11/7/2024
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Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Florida ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Parental Consent ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Social Media ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
2024 seems like it is flying by. For those keeping track of US state “comprehensive” privacy laws you know that October 1 – a week away – brings the effective date of the Montana privacy law. The “big sky” state will join...more
9/24/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Montana ,
New Legislation ,
New Regulations ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
State Privacy Laws
As we enter into the heart of the summer there is no time to relax in privacy-land with the next batch of “comprehensive” privacy laws coming into effect on July 1. Namely, those in Texas and Oregon (and Florida if you count...more
Tennessee recently amended its 1984 right of publicity statute with passage of the ELVIS Act. The existing law already protected individuals’ rights in their image and likeness. As amended, the statute will specifically call...more