The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received over 270 comments to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for the amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) during the public comment period that ended on March 11, 2024. … [Read more] about State AGs and Other Stakeholders Weigh In On Proposed COPPA Rule Update
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament approved the much-anticipated EU Artificial Intelligence Act (‘AI Act’). The AI Act is billed as the first comprehensive legal framework worldwide that specifically regulates AI systems. It will impose … [Read more] about European Parliament Approves EU Artificial Intelligence Act
Peter Swire, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, has co-authored a detailed article in Lawfare, "Limiting Data Broker Sales in the Name of U.S. National Security: Questions on Substance and Messaging," analyzing the Biden Administration’s new … [Read more] about Article: Executive Order to Limit Sales of Americans’ Sensitive Data to Adversarial Foreign Governments
Today, the White House announced that President Biden will sign an executive order designed to protect sensitive data of U.S. persons from exploitation by identified countries of concern. This executive order is expected to be published later today, … [Read more] about White House Executive Order to Regulate Transactions Involving Sensitive Personal Data of Americans
Recently, there has been a surge in alerts and warnings concerning cyberattacks by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored threat actors on U.S. critical infrastructure. On February 7, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the … [Read more] about FBI and CISA Warn of Chinese Cyberattacks on U.S. Critical Infrastructure