Technology Sector, Corporate Counsel, Personal Data

New California bills aim to limit uses of consumer data and AI systems: What companies should know

Hogan Lovells on 7/18/2025

California has long been a frontrunner when it comes to consumer protection and privacy laws, and 2025 is shaping up to be no exception. State lawmakers and regulators are advancing a wave of new bills and regulations across...more

Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner releases First AI-focused Personal Data Protection Framework in APAC

A&O Shearman on 6/18/2024

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and integrates into business processes, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) released its Artificial Intelligence: Model Personal Data Protection...more

In a Case of First Impression, Ninth Circuit Addresses Personal Jurisdiction Issues Involving Non-Resident Corporation Providing a...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/6/2023

In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., No. 22-15815, 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Canada-based company Shopify, Inc. (“Shopify”), which provides a...more

The Data Act – the EU's bid to "ensure fairness in the digital environment and a competitive data market" – has been adopted

White & Case LLP on 11/30/2023

On November 27, 2023, the European Union ("EU") adopted the final text of the Data Act, marking an effort to create a harmonized, cross-sectoral data sharing framework with the stated goal of ensuring fair access to and use...more

Western States Continue To Shape US Privacy Landscape: Colorado CPA and California CPRA

Perkins Coie on 10/17/2022

The Colorado attorney general’s office sent shockwaves throughout the privacy world on September 30, 2022, when it published its proposed Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) draft rules (Draft Rules). The Draft Rules are complex and...more

CFIUS 2.0: ‘Sensitive Personal Data’ in the National Security Context

ArentFox Schiff on 9/3/2019

In recent years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has taken a much stronger interest in the national security ramifications of sensitive data falling into the hands of foreign adversaries,...more

Potentially Expanded Private Right of Action Increases Risk of Class Action Exposure Under the California Consumer Privacy Act

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/2/2019

Looking Back - the California Consumer Privacy Act, and How We Got Here - As companies were getting up-to-speed on the effects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) last year, California quickly...more

A Host of Biometric Privacy/Facial Recognition Bills Currently Circulating in State Legislatures

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 2/24/2017

We’ve written extensively about the numerous lawsuits, dismissals and settlements surrounding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The statute, generally speaking, prohibits an entity from collecting,...more

Technology Sector › Corporate Counsel › Personal Data

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"