In 2021, New York City enacted a measure that banned the use of Automated Employment Decision-Making Tools (“AEDT”) to (1) screen job candidates for employment, or (2) evaluate current employees for promotion, unless the tool has been subject to a “bias audit, conducted not more than one year prior to the use of the tool.”
Privacy & Data Security
EEOC to Hold Public Hearing On The Use of Artificial Intelligence
Continuing its initiative regarding the use of data, automated processes, and artificial intelligence (“AI”), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) is holding a hearing on January 31, 2023 for examining the use of automated systems and AI in employment decisions.
This in-person hearing will begin at 10:00am EST on January 31 at the EEOC…
Employer Alert: New York City Automated Employment Decision Tools Law Postponed to April 2023
As previously discussed in our past article and publication, New York City’s Local Law 144 was set to go into effect on January 1, 2023. However, agency enforcement is now postponed until April 15, 2023.
Responding to increased public and governmental scrutiny of the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technologies, New…
2022 Q3 Artificial Intelligence & Biometric Privacy Report
Welcome to the 2022 Q3 edition of the Artificial Intelligence & Biometric Privacy Report, your go-to source for keeping you in the know on all recent major artificial intelligence (“AI”) and biometric privacy developments that have taken place over the course of the last three months. We invite you to share this resource with your…
Available Now: CPW’s Kristin Bryan, Christina Lamoureux, and Margaret Booz Co-Author Lexis Practice Note on Biometric Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Legal Developments
CPW’s Kristin Bryan, a 2022 Law360 Privacy & Cybersecurity MVP as well as a featured subject matter expert for LexisNexis, Christina Lamoureux, and Margaret Booz have co-authored a new chapter of Lexis Practical Guidance titled “Biometric Privacy and Artificial Intelligence Legal Developments.” In this practice note, they explore emerging legal issues concerning…
California Consumer Privacy Act and Employee Personal Information
In 2018, the California Legislature adopted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and became the first state to enact a comprehensive law designed to protect the privacy of consumers’ personal information. Businesses that are subject to the CCPA are required, among other things, to respond to consumers who wish to view the personal information collected…
European Health Data Space – The Commission’s Proposal on a Single Market For Digital Health Services, Products, and Data
On May 3, 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the “European Health Data Space”.
The EHDS is a talismanic European healthtech initiative that could revolutionize access to a deeper pool of EU-wide health data and unlock significant tech, AI and data analytics innovation. As a core part of the Commission’s…
Following Court Win on BIPA Claims, FTC Ramps Up Investigation into Company’s Sharing of Biometric Data
Last year, CPW covered a litigation win by Clarifai, Inc., a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence, when a federal court granted its motion to dismiss claims brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in Stein v. Clarifai, Inc., No. 20 C 1937, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49516 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 16, 2021). While…
Proposed European Health Data Space Regulation
On May 3, 2022, the European Commission published a proposed regulation (the “EHDS Proposal”) for the establishment of a European Health Data Space (or “EHDS”). This is the first proposal for establishing domain-specific common European data spaces following the European strategy for data and an important step in building a European “Health Union”.
In short, the…
Congress Proposes Federal Privacy Legislation to Preempt Certain State Privacy Laws, Hearing Scheduled for Next Week
On Friday, three of the four leaders of the Congressional committees with principal jurisdiction over privacy provided for review draft privacy legislation (the American Data Privacy and Protection Act) that if adopted would preempt certain recently-passed state privacy laws. The bill, sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), ranking member Cathy…