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International Regulators' Unease With AI Data-Scraping Creates Gulf With US

"Mass data scraping of personal information can constitute a reportable data breach in many jurisdictions," an international group of privacy watchdogs warned.
7 minute read

International Edition

India's Data Privacy Law Goes Easy on International Businesses—At Least for Now

India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act comes bearing a complex basket of gifts for international businesses, such as easing burdens around cross-border data transfers. But it leaves enough ambiguity for large penalties down the line.
6 minute read

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Columbia Law School Professor Who Coined 'Brussels Effect': 'Changes in Big Tech's Business Models Are Needed'

In an interview with Law.com International, influential scholar Anu Bradford discusses her new book, the power imbalance between Big Tech and democratic governments, and the EU's recent shift to what she describes as "techno-protectionism."
9 minute read

International Edition

Finding Balance: Google's GC in Australia on Innovation, Regulation and Big Tech

Shoshana Shields is the director of legal for Google Australia and New Zealand. She recently spoke with Law.com International about what she has learned working at Google, the role of the GC, finding balance and the regulation of AI.
5 minute read

International Edition

Australia Fines Facebook Owner Meta More Than $13M for Misleading Australians About Data Use 

The court found that promotions for the Meta app Onavo Protect failed to adequately disclose that users' data would be shared with Meta and used for commercial purposes.
3 minute read

International Edition

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Brings European Data Privacy Principles to U.S. Companies

Despite the U.S.'s growing data privacy posture, the new framework still brings new, European principles that could create "huge operational challenges" for some organizations.
6 minute read

International Edition

US Lawyers Hope for Longer-Term Solution in Wake of Translatlantic Privacy Framework

"This bilateral agreement worked well during the 2000s and 2010s, but this is a global world now," said Baker McKenzie partner Brian Hengesbaugh.
6 minute read

International Edition

Is the Third Try the Charm? EU Officials Say This Time the New Data Deal Is Legally Sound; Privacy Advocates Disagree

Privacy activist Max Schrems says the new framework fails to protect EU citizens and does not address all of the concerns previously raised by the European Court of Justice. Once again, he says he will challenge the new agreement in Europe's highest court.
6 minute read

International Edition

Kirkland & Ellis, K&L Gates, Proskauer Rose Affected in Wide-Ranging Data Hack

The firms join a growing list of global institutions, including banks, universities and corporations, whose data was reportedly accessed by a hacking group known as CL0P.
4 minute read

International Edition

BCLP Hit With Class Action Lawsuit After Data Breach

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's client Mondelez reported more than 51,000 employees' personal data was acquired in a data breach of the law firm.
2 minute read

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