Feb. 12, 2025
Feb. 12, 2025
Children’s Privacy Grows Up: Seven Compliance Areas for Protecting Teens
Companies are increasingly blocking targeted advertising to teen users in response to demanding state laws in Texas, Maryland, Colorado, Connecticut and several others that are designed to protect minors. Concluding a series on the expanded and jumbled legal landscape for regulating companies’ online interactions with minors, this article provides practical compliance considerations for businesses around requirements common to multiple laws, discusses a unified approach to protecting a vulnerable group and offers sources for guidance in 2025. Part one examined the key pacesetter laws and noted five legislative and enforcement trends. Part two spotlighted the most significant impacts from the FTC’s update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule. See “Preparing for U.S. State Law Privacy Compliance in 2025” (Dec. 11, 2024). Read full article …
AI Governance: Striking the Balance Between Innovation, Ethics and Accountability
To fully unlock AI’s potential, organizations should move beyond fear or complacency and embrace a framework that balances innovation with responsibility. Achieving this balance requires robust AI governance, seamless integration of risk management into existing processes, and a culture that values transparency, fairness and accountability. In this guest article, Pari Sarnot, a member of the cyber privacy and risk advisory practice at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, offers a practical roadmap of key considerations for establishing an AI governance program, including the role of trustworthy AI and steps to take in the AI solution lifecycle development process. The views Sarnot expresses in this article are her own and do not represent those of current or previous employers. See our two-part series on the practicalities of AI governance: “AI Governance Gets Real: Tips From a Chat Platform on Building a Program” (Feb. 1, 2023), and “AI Governance Gets Real: Core Compliance Strategies” (Feb. 8, 2023). Read full article …
New Jersey and Oregon Advisories Contribute to AI Guidance From State AGs
In the continued absence of federal AI legislation, numerous state AGs are leading the way with advisories that address how AI applies within the ambit of their state’s civil rights, antidiscrimination and data privacy laws. This article highlights key points from recent advisories and offers practical compliance takeaways, with insights from partners at Fisher Phillips, Orrick, Troutman Pepper Locke and ZwillGen. See “California’s Pending Automated Decision-Making Technology Regulations Will Further Focus Consumers’ Attention on AI” (Feb. 5, 2025). Read full article …
Manatt Adds AI, Data Protection and Technology Partner in San Francisco
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has welcomed Tod Cohen to its digital and technology group in the firm’s San Francisco office. He arrives from Steptoe. For commentary from Cohen, see “Former Twitter and eBay Counsel Talks Overblown Fears, Third-Party Data Management, and CDA Section 230” (Apr. 7, 2021). For insights from Manatt, see “Examining Utah’s Pioneering State AI Law” (Apr. 3, 2024); and “Checklist Covering CSRB Recommendations on Five Areas for Strengthening Cyber Defenses” (Mar. 27, 2024). Read full article …
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