Uber Fined $324 Million for Data Transfer Violations
What Happened? On Monday, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) found that Uber will be fined over $324 million for violating a European Union data privacy law.[1] The Dutch DPA stated that Uber transferred personal data about its drivers to the United States without appropriate safeguards, violating the GDPR.[2] According to the decision, transfer tools to protect this data were not used during the two years that Uber sent personal data from the EU to its US headquarters.[3] ...
California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) – The Latest Privacy Litigation Trend
As more U.S. states enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, plaintiffs are turning to laws from the 1960s to pursue claims against companies that use website tracking technologies. Most notably, there has been a significant uptick in privacy litigation claiming that the use of website technology, such as session replay, chatbots, tracking pixels, and other analytics software, violates the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). How We Got Here Since 2022, a wave of class act...
2024 U.S. regulatory enforcement priorities for data & AI
In late 2023 and early 2024, federal and state regulators signaled their enforcement priorities regarding the use of data and AI. These enforcement priorities range from sweeping investigations into entire labor sectors to targeting specific uses of technology. FEDERAL FTC. The FTC continues bringing actions against companies over their improper use of AI, increasing the risks of LLMs and generative AI. On March 8, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered a stipulated order with Rite...
Metaverse Law to speak at OCBA Health Care Law Section Meeting
Healthcare Data, Trackers, & Artificial Intelligence: Are You Giving Away Sensitive Healthcare Information? Metaverse Law's Lily Li will be speaking on this topic at this month's OCBA Health Care Law Section Meeting. When? Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Where? OCBA Offices 4101 Westerly Place Newport Beach, CA 92660 Click here for more information and to register for the event. *Advance registration required. No Walk-Ins.*...
Metaverse Law featured in OC Lawyer Magazine
The Orange County Bar Association recently released the January 2024 issue of Orange County Lawyer magazine. This month, Orange County Lawyer includes an article written by Metaverse Law's Lily Li. Read "AI Generated Deepfakes: Potential Liability and Remedies" below or in Orange County Lawyer magazine. [Originally published as a Feature Article: AI-Generated Deepfakes: Potential Liability and Remedies, by Lily Li, in Orange County Lawyer Magazine, January 2024, Vol. 66 No.1, pag...
AI vendor management – human programming for machine learning
Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) have permeated the supply chain. The reasons are apparent. Low cost and efficiency are an easy sell in today's economy, with rampant inflation in the supply chain and tight labor markets. Yet, the economic motivation for AI must be tempered by human (or human-programmed) review of AI systems. Rules are necessary to ensure that the fundamental privacy and moral rights of individuals are protected. From data input to disaster recovery, AI vendor m...
California Delete Act allows consumers to easily delete data from all data brokers in California
On October 10, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed into law Senate Bill 362, which is otherwise known as the Delete Act.[1] The full text of the Delete Act can be found here. The Delete Act is a landmark law seeking to provide consumers with a one-stop-shop mechanism for deleting the consumer’s personal information from all data brokers covered by the law.[2] Under current provisions, consumers must submit individual deletion requests to each data broker, but the...
An overview of biometrics laws in the U.S.
[Updated: September 27, 2023] In addition to state comprehensive privacy laws, state legislatures are increasingly interested in regulating the collection, use, and possession of biometric data. It is therefore imperative for startups and businesses to remain informed of the potential laws that may apply and when. Readers are encouraged to review the following enacted and enforceable biometric laws, and to reach out if concerned that one such law may apply. We will continue monitoring the biom...