Goodwin Partner Kyle Tayman and Associate Collin Grier wrote a blog post regarding how several key court decisions led to what they perceive as a "skyrocketing" increase in data privacy litigation. "No industry or company is safe from being targeted until such time as there is clarity in the law," they wrote while opining on what broad measures can be taken to avoid class-action lawsuits.Full story
Bermuda Privacy Commissioner Alexander White, CIPP/A, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, said the privacy and information governance sector is seeing growth on the island ahead of the Personal Information Protection Act going into effect in 2025, The Royal Gazette reports.
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology for its hearing on federal privacy reform in Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act.
An 18 Oct. subcommittee hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce focusing on future artificial intelligence legislation ended up featuring a lively discussion on the need for Congress to pass a comprehensive federal privacy law. A broad consensus among representatives and witnesses emerged on the need to pass national privacy legislation before impactful AI legislation can materialize.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced his office will appeal an interim injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act. The court previously halted the law over alleged violations of First Amendment rights.
India's approach to cross-border data transfers and data localization has evolved over the course of years-long deliberations and consultations on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Trilegal Partner Rahul Matthan and Senior Associate Shreya Ramann break down the history of the data transfer debates, where the government ultimately landed and what covered entities need to be mindful of moving forward. Editor's note: This is the fifth in a six-part series on the operational impacts of India's DPDPA.
The South China Morning Post reports the Cyberspace Administration of China released its Global AI Governance Initiative, a framework for artificial intelligence.
How to regulate biometric artificial intelligence systems has been among the most debated issues in proposed EU AI Act negotiations dating back to its introduction. Bird & Bird Associate Nora Santalu examines the differences between respective approaches to biometric AI among EU institutions while they try to land on common ground in legislation.Full story
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted to advance three U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner nominations to a full Senate vote. Republican commissioner nominees Andrew Ferguson and Melissa Holyoak are first-term nominations while FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was re-nominated to the commission's Democratic majority. Scheduling for the full Senate vote has yet to be announced.
Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, sanctioned the Health Department of the State of Santa Catarina for four alleged violations of the General Personal Data Protection Law.