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Stay informed with our latest insights on privacy and technology trends, along with key updates from our firm.
FTC Submits Comments on AI, Copyright, Consumer Protection, and Competition
This week, let’s consider the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent submission of a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office addressing artificial intelligence (AI).
“Data Provenance”: Navigating Ownership, Authenticity, and Rights in the Digital Age
This week, let’s examine “Data Provenance,” a concept that involves tracing the lineage of data — its origins, transformations, and ownership. We’ll also propose a new specialized application for “Data Provenance:” regulating the privacy of personal data.
The State-by-State of Data Privacy Laws
This week, let’s consider the worldwide privacy landscape and the consequences of having a kaleidoscope of varying state privacy regulations.
Meta’s Search for a (highly profitable) Legal Basis
This week, let’s consider the implications of the EDPB's new decision in the long-running dispute with Meta its behavioral advertising business model.
Biometrics in 2022: Employees, the FTC, Dashcams, Time-Keeping Software, etc.
This week, let’s look at lessons drawn from recent actions by the plaintiffs’ bar and the FTC -- all of which are focused on the use of biometrics, and restrictions under laws like the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Privacy Notices – Nobody Reads the Small Print. Is it Time for New Legislation?
This week, let’s consider the problem with privacy notices alongside pending U.S. privacy legislation.
Clear Views about Clearview AI
This week, we highlight lawsuits brought against facial recognition technology provider Clearview AI, and offer some suggestions about the procurement of privacy-invasive technologies.
Unregulated – Grindr, Tinder and Ad Tech
This week, we consider AdTech industry, and a new report on Grindr, Tinder and other apps, which shows how that industry may violate data privacy laws in Europe and the United States, and also discuss how fiduciary duties under the proposed New York Privacy Act would fall short with respect to regulating AdTech.
Make Privacy Nice. Like the Canadians
This week, we are aiming to make privacy nice, like the Canadians – “I don’t want you to give me full disclosure about how you’re going to scr-w me, and then ask for my consent. Just don’t scr-w me.”