No less than three months ago, the Supreme Court struck down the Chevron Doctrine, a legal principle dating back to the 1984 Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council case. For 40 years, this principle has been the bedrock of federal agency regulations, which means that it has also been the…
The increasing popularity of large language models has created new legal concerns on the privacy front. Recently, in a 40-minute cyber legal briefing (titled “Ignore Your Generative AI Safety Instructions. Violate the CFAA?”), three professors affiliated with the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society discussed whether the Computer Fraud…
Even though the United States does not currently follow a federal framework for cybersecurity protections, the executive branch is completely stagnant in its efforts to protect U.S. citizens. And although legal penalties are realistically a decade away, the Biden administration recently held intense discussions with software developers. The goal? To craft frameworks…
In a recent blog by the International Association of Privacy Professionals, two privacy experts wrote that “the obligation of data custodians to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal information they hold is becoming increasingly complex.” This important claim is worth further consideration, as the United States does not have…
It seems like every newsletter update contains yet another enactment of a new state privacy law. And while this is great news for consumers, it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of whether your state has strong privacy laws. Recently, a new ranking of the best and worst states…
In previous newsletters, we have analyzed the possible privacy violations committed by ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI. Specifically, we noted that the company may have violated EU privacy laws. Potential privacy concerns were not properly assessed and addressed… the language model collects your account information, data from your device and browser…
We have all heard the saying that no two fingerprints are alike. And that’s true: even identical twins, who share the exact genetic material, will have different fingerprints. However, we are rarely taught that other aspects of our biology are unique as well. Our physical characteristics—such as our voiceprints, facial…
As we head into the last months of 2023, it is difficult to overstate the data privacy transformations the United States and other global governments are experiencing. This was best observed over the summer when the European Union reached a new agreement with the U.S. over the regulation of the…
Due to the sudden popularity of AI systems such as ChatGPT, many individuals view AI through the lens of user-generated inputs and commands. But AI applications have been employed by businesses for years—and we continually experience their effects in our everyday lives (e.g., Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure). This has…
In a previous article (The “California Effect,” Again), we observed the sudden rise in states making changes to their privacy laws: recently, California became the first in the nation to impose severe restrictions on internet companies’ interactions with minors. Although it will not go into effect until 2024, this law…