Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Jason C. Gavejian, and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: Facial recognition technology has become increasingly popular in recent years in the employment and consumer space (e.g. employee access, passport check-in systems, payments on smartphones), and in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the need arose to screen persons entering a facility for…
Category: Laws
House’s Resolve to Curb Surveillance State Faces Biggest Test Since Trump Presidency
Sara Sirota reports: In a huge win for surveillance reformers, the House Rules Committee agreed on Wednesday morning to another full chamber vote on a bipartisan proposal that would limit the federal government’s warrantless searches of Americans’ private data. The vote, expected later in the day, will now test rank-and-file lawmakers’ willpower to break with congressional leaders,…
U.S. AI, IoT, CAV, and Privacy Legislative Update – Second Quarter 2021
Jennifer Johnson, Jayne Ponder, Andrew Longhi, Tyler Holbrook, Lindsay Brewer, James Yoon, and Nira Pandya of Covington & Burling write: In this update, we detail the key legislative developments in the second quarter of 2021 related to artificial intelligence (“AI”), the Internet of Things (“IoT”), connected and automated vehicles (“CAVs”), and federal privacy legislation. Read…
Spanish DPA sets a new standard in GDPR enforcement with record fines
Pilar Rodríguez Lopez, Astrid Hardy, Diego Zapatero Méndez, and Diana Lopez of DAC Beachcroft write: It has been over three years since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) on 25 May 2018. Since coming into force, it has been reported that over EUR 292m of fines have been issued for wide-ranging infringements…