The Chairs of the U.S. Senate’s Commerce Committee and U.S. House of Representatives Energy Committee introduced the American Privacy Rights Act, a proposal for a unified federal data privacy bill that establishes privacy protections for Americans, supersedes state laws, and includes enforcement measures with individual rights to sue.
The proposed law seeks to establish various measures, including –
The European Union (EU) has enacted its most comprehensive legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), known as the AI Act. This very extensive law, spanning over two hundred pages, applies to AI technology providers and users across both private and public sectors. Notably, the AI Act also has extraterritorial applications, affecting companies and organizations outside the EU. The bulk of ...
On April 1st, the United States and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing tests for advanced artificial intelligence models. The memorandum is effective immediately and aligns with commitments made during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in the U.K. in November 2023. Each of the two countries established an AI Safety Institute, and ...
The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has published an opinion regarding the collection of national ID cards and numbers, addressing the common business practice of requiring consumers to provide their national ID numbers and, in some cases, a photograph of the national ID card, for services like courier deliveries.
The opinion outlines the PPA’s position on the legitimacy and legality ...
The Governor of New Hampshire has signed into law Senate Bill 255, positioning New Hampshire as the fifteenth state in the U.S. to enact a comprehensive privacy law. The new law, effective January 1, 2025, targets businesses operating within the state or offering products or services to New Hampshire residents. It applies to entities that, annually either: (1) control or ...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that the European Union’s regulation of identity cards, which requires that the cards store the cardholder’s two fingerprints, is constitutional under fundamental rights to respect for private life and to protection of personal data.
The decision was delivered on a case involving a German citizen who petitioned the courts ...
Haim Ravia and Dotan Hammer have authored the Israeli chapter of the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Guide, published by Chambers & Partners. The full eGuide - covering 16 countries including Germany, Japan, Singapore and the UK - is available online.
Apple has been hit with a fine of more than €1.8 billion, by the European Commission, for abusing its dominant market position by regulating the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users (“iOS users”) through its App Store. The EU Commission alleges that this practice deprived European consumers of the freedom to choose where, how, and at ...
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