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Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps Image

Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps

Anna Remis

Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI and machine learning models. Companies are well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.

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Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022) Image

Biometric Privacy: A Year In Review (2021) and The Year Ahead (2022)

Lauren Caisman and Christian Auty

The year started with Portland, Oregon's ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities in places of "public" accommodation. It concluded with the rendering of important appellate decisions on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. In the middle, was the continued flurry of litigation, class action settlements, and legislative activity.

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Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field Image

Cybersecurity and Legal Tech In 2022: Predictions from the Field

Zach Warren

It's still a dangerous cyber world as we enter 2022, but one that today's attorneys and legal technologists are prepared to tackle. Here's what they predict for cybersecurity, remote work, privacy and e-discovery in the new year.

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Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds Image

Cybersecurity and Corporate Privacy Enforcement Is Focus of Feds

David Saunders & Julian L. André

It started as a hushed rumor in the beltway, then became a known fact by those going to join the administration. And now we all know: The Biden administration has brought with it a renewed focus on data privacy and cybersecurity.

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What You Need to Know About China's New Privacy Law Image

What You Need to Know About China's New Privacy Law

Devin Chwastyk & Christian Wolgemuth

The Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China (PIPL) went into effect on Nov. 1 and brought with it a suite of new requirements and lingering questions.

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9th Circuit: Police Violated Google Users' Privacy Rights After Automated Email Scan Detected Child Pornography Image

9th Circuit: Police Violated Google Users' Privacy Rights After Automated Email Scan Detected Child Pornography

Alaina Lancaster

A federal appeals court found that law enforcement violated a Google user's constitutional rights when it opened email attachments the platform flagged as child pornography through an automated system.

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How to Address Evolving Privacy Regulations During Discovery Image

How to Address Evolving Privacy Regulations During Discovery

Gina Taranto

One Recipe for Success: Treat Private Data With the Same Priority Given to Privilege But for all the coverage that privacy regulations are meant to provide, there is precious little guidance about how to protect private information, and there is very little legal precedent to guide our practices.

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Preserving Snaps: Understanding Retention Features of Messaging Apps Image

Preserving Snaps: Understanding Retention Features of Messaging Apps

Philip Favro

The recent Doe v. Purdue University case out of the Northern District of Indiana — in which the court sanctioned plaintiff for failing to preserve relevant images and videos from his Snapchat application — teaches that counsel must understand the retention and deletion features of Snapchat and other messaging apps and social media if they are to help their clients preserve relevant ESI.

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The Pandemic Job Market: From Drought to Pandemonium Image

The Pandemic Job Market: From Drought to Pandemonium

Jared Coseglia

This article gives historical context to the events that brought us to the current climate and provides guidance on how employers and employees can successfully navigate the ensuing complexities of job searching and hiring in the post-pandemic pandemonium. Part One of a Two-Part Article

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NY Privacy Act Stalls, Would Escalate Protections Above Other State & International Regulations Image

NY Privacy Act Stalls, Would Escalate Protections Above Other State & International Regulations

F. Paul Greene

The failure of NYPA to pass is not exceptionally noteworthy. What is noteworthy, however, is that it marks an escalation of data privacy protections and restrictions not seen in other major regulatory regimes, whether in the United States or abroad. And since most believe its failure to pass was due more to the end-of-session rush than its contents, don't be surprised if it pops up again in January 2022.

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