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Vermont Passes New Privacy Law Providing Safety Measures for Children Online

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Vermont’s new “Kids Code” hopes to improve children’s safety online by regulating the privacy, design, and data use of certain entities providing online services and collecting data about minors....more

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

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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

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Client Alert: New GDPR Investigations into the Use of Children’s Data

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The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has recently announced investigations into three companies in connection with the use of children’s personal information. In a statement on...more

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Just a Minor Threat: Online Safety Legislation Takes Off

The year 2025 is certain to be a watershed for social media legislation and litigation. As it continues to shape how we connect, share, and consume information, social media remains at the forefront of public discourse due to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – China looking to set global AI standards, reconstruction of ancient writings, growth of AI summarization, and...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Beyond TikTok: Unraveling the American Data Dilemma

The recent passage of H.R.7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the “Act”), by the House of Representatives aims to restrict TikTok to U.S. users unless the platform’s parent...more

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"An Ounce of Prevention"...How to Reduce the Risk of Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings

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To paraphrase what Ben Franklin may have been alluding to nearly 300 years ago in his famous quote, often the best approach when it comes to reducing the risk of litigation and government enforcement proceedings is to take...more

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Meta Fined €1.2 Billion in Facebook Data Privacy Case: Should US Companies Be Concerned?

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It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

One-Two Punch: Lessons from the Irish DPC’s WhatsApp Decision

2023 continues to be a busy year for European data protection authorities. Following its release of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC’s) binding decisions in cases against Facebook and Instagram, the European Data...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

One More Thing from 2022 with Team LISI

Hey, podcast listeners. I am Taryn Elliott, director of client success and marketing at LISI, and this is LISI’s All the Things podcast. Team LISI is in the hot seat for this month’s episode of One More Thing. Robyn Addis,...more

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

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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

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Ireland Fines Instagram €405 Million for Children’s Data Violations

Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner will reportedly fine Instagram for its handling of children’s data. According to an investigation that began in 2020, Instagram published emails and phone numbers for children ages 13 to 17...more

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SMO v TikTok – Another UK Representative Action Survives, For Now

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A UK High Court decision of 8 March 2022 in the case of SMO v TikTok, Inc. and Others has attracted attention in the wake of the UK Supreme Court’s decision last year in Lloyd v Google. The Supreme Court’s decision put the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - April to June 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of Updata - the international update from Eversheds Sutherland’s dedicated Privacy and Cybersecurity team. Updata provides you with a compilation of privacy and cybersecurity regulatory and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EU-U.S. Data Transfers Under Fresh Spotlight Following Irish DPC Ruling

Today saw a key ruling by the Irish High Court which could have wide ranging implications in relation to a range of data use, targeted advertising and data transfers between Europe and the United States. The Irish data...more

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CJEU: Website operators are "jointly responsible" for embedding social media or 3rd party code

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Website and app operators are jointly liable with Facebook for violations of European data protection law - In its judgment of 29 July 2019 (ref.C-40/17), the European Court of Justice has ruled on two essential points...more

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Influencer Marketing: Top Business and Legal Considerations for 2020

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Although influencer marketing is an ever-larger part of marketing budgets, questions have arisen about the longevity of influencers as a marketing channel. In addition, marketers are grappling with how to ensure that they and...more

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The Paris District Court Invalidates 38 Clauses of Google+ Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French ?Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande...more

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Federal Cartel Office vs. Facebook: When Data Privacy and Competition Law Collide

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On 7 February 2019, the German competition law regulator, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), concluded a lengthy investigation into Facebook. It found that the company abused its dominant market position by making the use of...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

9 Hot Q1 Headlines in Cybersecurity, Risk Management, and Data Governance

What are the biggest, most interesting stories in the ever-changing worlds of cybersecurity, risk mitigation, and information governance?...more

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Hanzo's 2018 Review and 2019 Predictions

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With 2018 in the archives, Hanzo is starting off the new year with a look ahead to the trends and challenges we believe will define the compliance and eDiscovery landscape in 2019, and a look back at the year that was at...more

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Senator Warner’s White Paper Gives Congress Options for Regulating Social Media and Technology Companies

Senator Mark Warner of Virginia has released a white paper outlining policy proposals for regulating social media and technology companies. The paper has gained significance in recent weeks as pressure builds on Congress to...more

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Warner White Paper Floats Far-Ranging Privacy Proposals

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The convergence of the General Data Protection Regulation and the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election has created a perfect privacy storm. Social media platforms’ complacency on this front, and the...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

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