While much has been written about the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the focus has primarily been on the new rights it affords California consumers to have access to and control use of their data and opt out of many transfers to third parties. While this is a sea change in data privacy legislation in […]
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Potential Changes to the CCPA; California Senate Considers Amendments
On April 30, we detailed several proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) that were advancing in the State Assembly (see our previous blog post here). Since then, a number of the proposed amendments passed the Assembly and moved to the California Senate, where they remain under consideration. This past week the […]
EU Ethics Guidelines For AI Are Just The Beginning
As previously discussed on the Alston & Bird Privacy Blog, the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence released on April 8, 2019 the final version of its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. The Guidelines, although not legally binding, are important because they represent the first significant government-initiated effort to influence the use of […]
Oregon Extends Data Breach Notification Obligations to Third Parties
On May 24, 2019, Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed into law Senate Bill 684 (SB 684). SB 684 amends the Oregon Consumer Identity Theft Protection Act (“OCITPA”) by extending data breach notification obligations to vendors and by broadening the definition of “personal information” to include information used to access an online account. SB684 extends breach […]
Illinois House and Senate Pass Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act
On May 29, 2019, the Illinois State House unanimously passed the Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act (the “Act”). The Illinois State House previously unanimously passed the Act on May 23, 2019. Link to text of Illinois AI Video Interview Act. The Act prohibits Illinois employers from using “artificial intelligence” as a means to evaluate […]