July 09, 2026
Italy Penalizes Character.AI Owner Over Child Safety and Privacy Controls
Italy’s data protection authority has imposed a financial penalty on the company behind Character.AI after concluding that the chatbot platform failed to implement sufficient safeguards to prevent minors from accessing...
July 08, 2026
Meta’s AI Image Model Puts Instagram to Work
Meta launched Muse Image, the first artificial intelligence image model from Meta Superintelligence Labs. The feature drew immediate pushback because anyone can generate an image of another person by tagging...
June 08, 2026
The EU Commission’s Approach to Age Verification: Mobile Apps, DSA...
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June 03, 2026
Apple to Scrap Vision Pro Successor and Focus on Smart...
Apple has dropped its plans for a successor to its Vision Pro mixed reality headset and will focus instead on smart glasses, Seeking Alpha reported Wednesday (June 3), citing TF...
May 08, 2026
Mythos: Governance, Technical, Business and Regulatory Considerations
By: Charu A. Chandrasekhar, Luke Dembosky, Avi Gesser, Erez Liebermann, Robert Maddox, Jim Pastore, Benjamin R. Pedersen, Paul Rodel & Stephanie Thomas (Debevoise & Plimpton) Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
May 05, 2026
Ireland Opens Privacy Probe Into Shein Over Data Transfers to...
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has launched an investigation into Chinese online fashion retailer Shein over the transfer of European user data to China, according to Reuters. The regulator, which serves as...
May 01, 2026
Asset Deals, Data Access and FDI Screening: Legal Grey Zones...
This article examines the legal grey zones that arise in applying FDI screening to technology investments in Belgium. The article highlights two particularly thorny issues: when asset deals—especially those involving...
April 21, 2026
New Alabama Privacy Law Adds to Compliance Challenges for Businesses
Alabama has become the latest state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy regime, adding further complexity to an already fragmented U.S. regulatory landscape and raising new compliance imperatives for businesses...
April 20, 2026
Fragmented Data Regulations Challenge Corporate Compliance Teams
Corporations navigating data management and storage are facing mounting compliance challenges as regulatory regimes diverge across jurisdictions and artificial intelligence amplifies both risk and complexity. Get the Full Story Complete...
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