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FTC’s Most Recent Order Cracks Down on Sharing and Selling Users’ Location Data
A recent settlement between the FTC and data broker X-Mode Social, Inc. (and its successor company Outlogic) signals the FTC’s growing focus on protecting individuals’ location data privacy, particularly when it comes to sensitive location data. The...
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The “Spooky” Truth Behind AI: IP and Privacy Concerns in Training Bioscience AI Models
To say artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is a hot topic is an understatement. AI, which traces its roots back to Alan Turing’s work in the 1950s, is far from new, and consumers have been using AI in some form for years. Asking Siri for directions to...
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The State of State Privacy Laws: What Businesses Need to Know
Summer days are over and it’s time to hit the books. State legislatures were busy in 2023 making up for the U.S. Congress’s inability to pass a comprehensive privacy law.
New Comprehensive State Privacy Laws
The Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act (...
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Paradise Lost: No Copyright for AI-Created Works
We’ve previously written here
and here
about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s efforts to register copyright in A Recent Entrance to Paradise, a work created by his artificial intelligence (AI) system DABUS. In a motion for summary judgment filed in January, Dr....
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Companies Face a New Wave of Class Action Privacy Litigation
Plaintiffs class action lawyers have latched onto privacy litigation as their next big meal ticket. Over the past year, companies have faced a new barrage of lawsuits under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), and state and federal...
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Consider Protecting Your Brands Early in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the latest emerging technology that is overtaking news headlines and transforming the way we live, learn, and work. The term generally refers to content created or produced by artificial intelligence algorithms, with c...
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