On September 19, 2024, California enacted another law relating to artificial intelligence, this time relating to watermarking. The new law (SB 942) requires making certain AI detection tools available at no cost to users. The new law does not take effect until January 1, 2026.
AI Detection Tools (SB 942)
This bill, the
NT Analyzer Refresher: Why Network Traffic Analysis?
Keeping track of where all the data is going can be devilishly difficult for companies, given the increasingly data-centric economy, massive changes in browser/mobile platforms, and the necessary use of a variety of modularized services and hosted solutions to make any website or mobile app function properly. All of
Background
On August 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) proposed amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to evaluate contractor cybersecurity (Cybersecurity Assessment Proposed Rule). Contractors already need documented, adequate security for handling sensitive information, but the proposed amendment creates a compliance verification mechanism. The amendment generally requires that prior to an award
The Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) announced a fine of €290 million on Uber Technologies Inc. (UTI) and Uber B.V.,(UBV) (together Uber) with press releases in Dutch and English. The fine relates to the transfer of drivers’ personal data to the US. Uber has announced that it will appeal the fine.
On August 30, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed settlement with security camera manufacturer Verkada Inc., claiming Verkada committed a variety of unfair or deceptive acts or practices in violation of § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and CAN-SPAM in connection with a security breach. (The U.S. Department of Justice
The Government of Canada recently introduced Bill-72, the Connected Care for Canadians Act (Act), to promote the secure transfer of health information and prevent data blocking. The Act is designed to support the government’s initiative to establish an interoperable healthcare system and will permit the Ministry of Health to establish new regulations, set up a
On June 13, 2024, the California Attorney General announced a $6.75 million judgment against Blackbaud regarding its data breach from 2020. (We had previously covered the FTC’s settlement in February here.) In the judgment with the California Attorney General, Blackbaud denied liability or any wrongdoing. Among other provisions, the consent’s provisions relating to data
In 2024, many organisations have been eager to look at how they can use the data they hold to debut or build on their artificial intelligence (AI) programme. Many are looking to use that data to train AI models, or fine-tune third-party models. That data will almost certainly include personal data, meaning that the processing
On August 13, 2024, the New York Attorney General announced a settlement agreement, along with the Attorneys General of Connecticut and New Jersey, with Enzo Biochem Inc. and its subsidiary corporation, Enzo Clinical Labs, Inc., regarding a security incident that occurred in April of 2023. The settlement includes a $4.5 million payment to be
Please join us at our 12th Annual European Data Protection Conference.
The conference will take place in:
Frankfurt | Monday, September 30, 2024 | 11:00 – 14:30 CESTAmsterdam | Tuesday, October 1, 2024 | 09:00 – 12:30 CESTParis | Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 09:00 – 12:30 CESTLondon | Thursday, October 3, 2024 | 09:00 –
