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GDPR Enforcement: Lessons from Recent Data Privacy Penalties

Recent decisions by the French data protection authority (CNIL) have highlighted the importance of GDPR compliance, particularly in the areas of data retention, consent for processing sensitive personal data, and marketing practices. On October, 10, 2024, CNIL fined two companies offering remote clairvoyance services a total of €400,000—€250,000 for Cosmospace…

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CPPA Continues Rulemaking on AI, the New Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP), Cybersecurity Audits and Privacy Risk Assessments

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has released the agenda for its upcoming public board meeting on October 4, 2024. This meeting is set to cover important regulatory and enforcement matters related to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Here’s a…

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California Legislature Passes Generative AI Training Data Transparency Bill (UPDATED)

The California legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 2013 (AB 2013) on August 27, 2024, a measure aimed at enhancing transparency in AI training and development. If signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, developers of generative AI systems or services that are made available to Californians would be required to…

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Regulation Evolves to Address Deepfakes, Robocalls and More

While major legal cases involving AI have largely focused on copyright issues, few cases thus far have directly addressed truthful advertising of AI products and AI-generated content. Indeed, the ease with which consumers and the public can be deceived by AI, as well as the fear of mal-intentioned interference in…

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The UK Introduces Tougher Penalties for Consumer Protection Breaches

In May 2024 the UK passed the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC). Amongst other changes, the DMCC grants the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new powers to directly impose fines of up to 10% of a business’s global turnover for consumer protection breaches and to issue…

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New Report Latest to Cast Uncertainty over EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

A new report issued in May 2024 by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), an independent thinktank, is the latest development to cause concerns over the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), predicting that it will likely fail if challenged before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).…

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From Encryption to Employment, U.S. Federal Agencies Brace for the Effects of Quantum Computing, AI and More

In this week’s edition of Consumer Protection Dispatch, we look at the latest regulatory developments from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding data and AI. U.S. Department of Commerce Set to Issue New Cryptographic Standards To address the evolving cybersecurity…

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Consumer Protection Dispatch: The Latest Developments in the World of Consumer Protection (5/22/24)

(The Consumer Protection Dispatch summarizes industry news and updates on emerging issues involving a variety of consumer protection issues including, but not limited to, data and AI.) This week’s edition includes latest developments relating to AI laws passed by Colorado, Tennessee and Utah, U.S. Senate bipartisan working group on AI,…