Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On May 10, 2022, as part of the Queen’s Speech, the UK government announced its intention to introduce a Data Reform Bill (the “Bill”). The UK government’s background and briefing notes to the Queen’s Speech state that the purpose of the Bill is to “take advantage of the benefits of Brexit to create a…
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Human rights groups demand Zoom stop any plans for controversial emotion AI
Kate Kaye reports: The drumbeat against emotion AI is getting louder. On Wednesday more than 25 human and digital rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Privacy Information Center and Fight for the Future sent a letter to Zoom demanding the company end potential plans to incorporate emotion AI features in its software….
In Pro-Privacy Decision, CJEU Strikes Down Metadata Collection in Irish Criminal Case
Marie Daly of Covington and Burling writes: Nine million texts are sent daily in Ireland, a huge increase on when the first text was sent in 1992. All are subject to the data retention and access regime currently in place under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011. That regime has now been given the…
Meta challenges authority of German regulator at top EU court
Molly Quell reports: Facebook’s parent company Meta is asking the European Union’s highest court to overrule a decision by Germany’s competition watchdog that found Facebook abused its position as the largest social network in the country to violate data protection regulations. The European Court of Justice held a hearing Tuesday over whether the German Federal…