In the UK, there is currently heightened regulatory scrutiny and increased public interest in children’s data protection and online harm, with a raft of new guidance and regulation from both the ICO and Ofcom, the chief regulator of the Online Safety Act, in relation to children’s safety online.
Since the introduction of the ICO’s Children’s
The next steps in Australia’s long bubbling reform of the privacy regime has been announced, with draft legislation expected to be tabled by August 2024. The reform is being presented as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve online safety, particularly for women, but it’s not clear how broad its remit will be at
Keypoint: Last week, Colorado passed children’s privacy and artificial intelligence bills, Vermont passed a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland’s consumer data privacy and AADC bills were signed into law, and Minnesota is on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill.
Below is the sixteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy
Despite national efforts over the past decades, child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and online child sexual exploitation are still unfortunately prevalent. In 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received over 35.9 million reports of suspected CSAM.[1] This is more than a 20 percent increase over the previous three years. Notably,
As reported by CNN, a high school principal in Pikesville, Maryland, found his life and career turned upside down when in January a recording suggesting the principal made racially insensitive and antisemitic remarks went viral. The school faced a flood of calls from concerned persons in the district, security was tightened, and the principal
Keypoint: If signed into law, Colorado will become the first state to enact legislation regulating the use of high-risk artificial intelligence systems.
On May 8, the Colorado legislature passed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (SB 205). If signed by Governor Jared Polis, Colorado will become the first state to enact legislation that broadly
Keypoint: Last week, bills advanced in Colorado and California while, with legislatures in multiple states set to close this week, we will know the fate of significant bills in the coming days.
Below is the fifteenth weekly update on the status of proposed state privacy legislation in 2024.
In recent years, privacy and cybersecurity consistently hit the top of legal leaders’ lists of their biggest concerns. In fact, a recent Association of Corporate Counsel Chief Legal Officers Survey found that, when rating a list of items on their importance to the business, CLOs placed cybersecurity, regulation and compliance issues, and data privacy as
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On April 30, 2024, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (“MHRA”) outlined its strategic approach (“Approach”) to artificial intelligence (“AI”). The Approach is a response to the UK Government’s white paper: a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation and subsequent Secretary of State letter of 1 February 2024, and is the culmination of 12