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The German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) has recently clarified important legal standards for companies providing digital services. In...
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On April 14, 2025, the Communication, Space & Technology Commission (CSTC) of Saudi Arabia released the first draft of the Global AI Hub...
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On February 28, 2025, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published its annual report for 2024. The CPPA was very active last...
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In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, the number of states with their own data privacy laws continues to increase. In...
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In my last post, I provided a brief overview of the e-Evidence Regulation and Directive (collectively referred to as the “e-Evidence...
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Co-authored by Monique N. Bhargava , Cynthia O'Donoghue and Andy Splittgerber (me) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming...
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Hot off the heels of recent updates to Federal Law No. 15/2020 On Consumer Protection (“Consumer Protection Law”) and its newly issued...
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On July 10th, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). This is the...
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It’s hard to believe that half a decade has gone by since the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) first came into effect on May...
Tune in for the first episode, "What are eComms?", in our "eComms compliance for financial institutions" series on Tech Law Talks. I am...
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Singapore will soon have a new Code of Practice for Online Safety, and Content Code for Social Media Services, requiring social media...
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Singapore is one of the founding members of a newly established Global Cross Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum. The aim of the Forum is...
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On 30 March 2022, the US Department of Commerce, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry, and Singapore's Ministry of Communications...
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Non-compliance with Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act can now attract a higher penalty of up to 10 per cent of local annual...
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Legislation never sleeps, particularly data legislation, and there are a flurry of new proposed regulations in the UK and Europe on top...
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On 4 February 2022, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Office of the Commissioner of Data Protection announced that it has...