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Four Key Privacy Risks to Consider Before Using Open Generative AI Systems

Most modern privacy laws implement the well-known privacy principles of transparency, purpose limitation, access, and security, among others. Here we analyze some of these principles and their application in the use of open generative AI systems.
7 minute read

Law.com

Class Action Filed Against Check-In App Foursquare for Allegedly Selling Geolocation Data to Uber, Others

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

4 Recent BIPA Developments Businesses Need to Keep an Eye On

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has led to new, and more significant consequences for business over the past few months.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

FTC Seeks Comments on Facial Recognition Technology to Protect Preteens' Online Privacy

Companies tell the agency the facial recognition technology is 99.97% accurate.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

EU-US Data Privacy Framework Brings European Data Privacy Principles to US Companies

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

Corporate Counsel

Threads' Unique Deletion Provision May Be a Risky Approach for Others to Follow

The provision in Threads' privacy notice that users may only delete their Threads profile by deleting their Instagram account may run afoul of dark pattern, antitrust and privacy regulations.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI 'Scraping' Lawsuits Will Help Shape Largely Uncharted Legal Terrain

"AI makers that aren't paying rapt attention to the legal dimension or opt to shrug it off will readily find themselves in hot water and facing a bona fide material risk to their business," AI expert Lance Eliot said.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

As Cyberattacks Rise, Firms Face 'Significantly Broadened' Duty to Protect Worker Data

"The employee is handing you this information so they can do their job as your employee. And so you have to take reasonable steps to protect it," said Becky Baker, a Vinson & Elkins partner.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

OpenAI's Lawyer-Hiring Spree Drawing From Tech Elite

"I think many people would rather work on a new problem than a settled problem. Here, there is a lot more opportunity to work on unsettled legal and policy questions," said Adam Kovacevich, CEO of Chamber of Progress.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

US Lawyers Hope for Longer-Term Solution in Wake of Transatlantic Privacy Deal

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

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