Major provisions of Quebec's Law 25 entered into force 22 Sept. The legislation contained within the omnibus Bill 64 passed in 2021 aims to improve personal data protection standards and modernize the Private Sector Act. Law 25 empowers Quebec's data protection authority, the Commission d'accès à l'...

The EU Data Governance Act became applicable to covered entities 24 Sept. The law, which provides for increased access to public-sector data for the purpose of developing new products and services, took force June 2022 and covered entities were provided a 15-month grace period to establish complianc...

Clearview AI reached a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and laws in California, New York and Virginia, MediaPost reports. The details of the proposed settlement have not been made public. The lawsuit stems from Clearvie...

An advisor to the board of directors of Brazil's data protection authority, the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados, testified to the Chamber of Deputies Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation regarding data protection impacts of blockchain in public administration. Jeferson Dias Barb...

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue a new executive order on artificial intelligence in the coming weeks. Its content and scope have become the subject of much speculation in Washington. For many months, multiple workstreams at the White House have touched on AI policy priorities that clo...