Not content with seizing the spotlight for its November summit on AI, the UK government is pushing forward on its AI agenda by announcing a new set of funding and trailing an update to its policy white paper. On the commercial side, the big names in AI are struggling to retain top talent as a wealth of opportunities prompt innovators to set up their own smaller, faster-moving enterprises.
21 August 2023
A German data protection expert has filed a complaint with the Saxony-Anhalt regulator against the appointment process of its next head, after two courts rejected his claim that the procedure was unlawful.
21 August 2023
Brazil is seeking to address issues around the transfer of data abroad, publishing a new draft law on standard contractual clauses and the granting of adequacy decisions.
18 August 2023
NIST’s draft cybersecurity framework update is the latest government effort to place explicit emphasis on senior executives understanding and monitoring their organisations’ cyber risk.
18 August 2023
The CFPB announced it has launched rulemaking to impose new requirements on data brokers; Bryan Cave taps BakerHostetler to defend it against a data breach class action; and McGuireWoods hires an AI officer.
18 August 2023
A federal judge appears poised to cut some claims in the Meta Pixel healthcare data breach class action after noting during a motion to dismiss hearing that the litigation would continue “in some form or fashion”.
17 August 2023
Singapore’s privacy regulator has fined Ecommerce Enablers S$74,400 (€50,250) following a breach that revealed inadequate data security arrangements at the company.
17 August 2023
The Federal Trade Commission has responded to Meta’s claim that its decision to reopen the Cambridge Analytica settlement was unlawful and accused the company of attempting to “rewrite history”.
17 August 2023
German consumer organisations and medical industry groups have warned the government that its draft health data bill does not sufficiently safeguard citizens’ data, and called for improved safeguards to prevent the misuse of their personal data.
16 August 2023
India has finalised its new data protection legislation, ending a five-year wait and initiating a long-winded compliance journey for businesses.
16 August 2023
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