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All dispatches →EU AI Act Enforcement Powers Activate as Rogue Agent Incident Underscores Systemic Risks
The second anniversary of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act is set to unlock significant new supervisory authority for the European Commission…
GDPR EDPB Draft Guidelines on Anonymization and AI Web Scraping Spotlight Re-Identification Risks Amid Digital Omnibus Debates
The European Data Protection Board has opened a public consultation on two closely related draft guidelines that address some of the most…
LAW FIRMS Attorney Anna Goncharova Privacy Demand Letters Signal the Next Wave of California Website Tracking Claims
Businesses have become increasingly familiar with California privacy demand letters alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, commonly known as…
What Is Zero Data Retention? ZDR Explained
Every prompt your employees send to an AI model is a disclosure.
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE How Wrongful Collection Became Privacy Law’s Most Expensive Phrase
Wrongful collection has quietly become one of the most expensive phrases in American privacy law.
Shadow AI and Hidden Subprocessors: The Compliance Blind Spot Putting Organizations at Risk
As organizations race to mature their AI governance programs, a quiet but serious gap is opening between the vendors they trust and…
EU’s Renewed CSAM Scanning Rules Reopen the Debate Over Private-Message Surveillance
The European Union is moving to restore temporary rules that permit certain online communication providers to scan private messages voluntarily for child…
New Jersey’s Fair Price Protection Act: How the State Just Made Surveillance Pricing on Groceries Illegal
On July 23, 2026, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act into law, making the Garden State one…
Consumers Legal Remedies Act The Plaintiff Bar’s Favorite Weapon in Data Privacy Lawsuits
When plaintiff firms draft a California privacy complaint, the wiretapping counts get the headlines.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA CalPrivacy Launches Its First Formal Privacy Audit Against Gig Economy Platforms
We broke the news the other day about CalPrivacy ramping up audits for specific industries.
COOKIES NFL Privacy Lawsuit Alleges Tracking Continued After Users Opted Out
A newly filed privacy lawsuit against NFL Enterprises alleges that hundreds of tracking technologies operated on NFL.com before visitors made a privacy…
PrivacyMaxxing
The internet has entered its “maxxing” era. First there was “looksmaxxing,” a trend focused on optimizing physical appearance. Then came “healthmaxxing,” “sleepmaxxing,”…