On April 25, 2023, officials from the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released a Joint Statement on Enforcement Efforts against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems, also sometimes referred to as “artificial intelligence.”
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On April 4, 2023, the data protection regulator of the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office, issued a fine of a £12.7 million to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc for a number of breaches of UK data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.
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On Monday, March 27,, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth submitted a response to the California Privacy Protection Agency Invitation for Preliminary Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and Automated Decisionmaking.
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On February 16, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP held a virtual roundtable to discuss the role of age assurance and age verification tools as part of its Children’s Data Privacy Project.
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On January 26, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology released the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework, which provides a set of guidelines for organizations that design, develop, deploy or use AI to manage its many risks and promote trustworthy and responsible use and development of AI systems.
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On January 20, 2023, The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth published “Digital Assets and Privacy,” a discussion paper compiling insights from workshops with CIPL member companies that explored the intersection of privacy and digital assets, with a particular focus on blockchain technology.
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