AI Britain’s New AI Framework Puts Sovereignty First. What That Means for Data, Compute and Compliance Teams
The UK government has settled on a short phrase to describe how it wants artificial intelligence to develop in Britain: control and sovereignty.
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Annual reports are written by lawyers who are paid to imagine what could go wrong.
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DATA Washington’s First Data Privacy Report: Every Finding and All 8 Recommendations From the Attorney General
Washington’s first statewide privacy report argues that the state’s targeted laws leave too much personal data unprotected.
DATA Texas Privacy Enforcement Is Escalating
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To outsource data protection officer work, you appoint an external privacy specialist or firm as your organization’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) under…
COMPLIANCE GM’s Three Settlements Show Why Privacy Laws Make Consumer Protection Enforcement Hit Harder
When General Motors agreed on October 29, 2026 to pay $220 million to 36 state attorneys general, most of the coverage, including…
AI When an AI Company Goes Bust, Who Gets the Conversations? Bankruptcy Law and Chatbot Data
When a company goes bankrupt, its assets are sold to pay its creditors.
AI Quantum Was the Deadline. Now Regulators Are Asking Whether AI Gets to Encryption First
For a decade, the threat to encryption had a name and a rough date: a large quantum computer, probably in the 2030s.
DATA The OECD Built a Catalogue of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies. Here Is How to Use It Without Overrating It
The OECD has launched a Global Repository for Privacy-Enhancing Technologies, a public toolkit meant to help organizations pick a privacy-enhancing technology (PET)…