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EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (DTA)
On February 1, 2026, the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) officially entered into force, becoming the European Union’s first standalone bilateral digital…
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Moltbook: The AI-Only Social Network That Exposed Millions of Secrets Overnight
As we warned in two different privacy and security alerts over the weekend around AI agents and the new quirky platform called…
North Carolina’s Chief Privacy Officer Martha Wewer
North Carolina’s Chief Privacy Officer Martha Wewer has been a pivotal leader in advancing the state’s data protection efforts since assuming the…
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CNIL Fines France Travail €5 Million After Major Breach
What Happened, What Failed Under GDPR Article 32, and the Practical Lessons for Security-by-Design On January 22, 2026, France’s privacy regulator issued a…
Lead Gen Consent Forms: Sixth Circuit Establishes Four-Part Conspicuousness Test
New consent rules have come out and now the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision in Dahdah v.
Emerging U.S. Regulation of Neural Data: Risks and Compliance Strategies for Privacy Officers
The rapid advancement of neurotechnology—from medical brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) like Neuralink implants to consumer wearables (e.g., EEG headsets for focus tracking or…
California’s AB 2013 is AI’s ‘Nutritional Label’ Moment
For the past three years, the generative AI gold rush has been fueled by a form of “digital fracking”—extracting value from the…
Companies Recalibrate AI and Cyber Risk Disclosures Under Atkins’ SEC
Public companies entering the annual reporting cycle are facing a fast-moving disclosure challenge: how to describe AI-related cyber risk with enough precision…
Apple Scores Major Dismissal in iPhone Analytics Privacy Class Action, With Court Rejecting Pen Register and Wiretap Theories
Apple has won a significant procedural and legal victory in a proposed privacy class action that accused the company of collecting and…
South Korea’s New AI Rules: First in the World, But Startups Aren’t Thrilled
Breaking down the country’s bold move to regulate artificial intelligence—and why some in the industry are pushing back This piece draws on…
Singapore’s Pioneering Framework for Agentic AI: Navigating Autonomy with Accountability
An in-depth exploration of the city-state’s groundbreaking Model AI Governance Framework for Agentic AI and its implications for responsible innovation This analysis…