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UK Updates Artificial Intelligence Principles

The UK government has published its response to public comments provided to the initial draft of the March 2023 Artificial Intelligence Policy Report. The draft presented five core principles for artificial intelligence: safety, security, transparency, fairness, and accountability. The draft policy aimed to reduce regulatory uncertainties regarding artificial intelligence.

The UK government’s response emphasizes its commitment to developing regulation in ...

Australian Government Addresses the Opportunities and Challenges of AI Technology

The Australian government has released its interim response to the consultation on safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI), conducted in 2023. In this response, the Australian government indicates its commitment to mitigating the risks associated with AI technology. Recognizing AI as a crucial tool for enhancing Australia’s welfare and economic growth, the government is focused on harnessing its advantages while ...

Court Dismisses Data Scraping Lawsuit Against Bright Data

A federal court in San Francisco, California, has held that harvesting publicly available data from Facebook and Instagram, when performed by a user not logged-in to the platform, does not violate the Facebook and Instagram terms of use. The court’s summary judgment dismissed the breach of contract claims filed by Facebook and Instagram against Bright Data, an Israeli company that ...

EU Adeuqacy renews for Israel and 10 more countries

Today, the European Commission decided to renew its decision regarding the adequacy of Israel’s data protection regime, as offering a level of data protection essentially equivalent to the laws in the European Union. This continued recognition allows the free flow of personal data from the EU to Israel. This decision has an immediate impact on every company organization, institution, and ...

EU Renews Israel’s Data Protection Adequacy Recognition

The European Commission has officially decided to renew its recognition of Israel’s adequacy status, confirming that Israel’s data protection and privacy regime is essentially equivalent to the European Union’s standards for personal data protection. This adequacy decision is a prerequisite for the seamless transfer of personal data from the EU to Israel.

Originally planned for 2020, the EU Commission’s decision ...

New Jersey Is the Latest State in the U.S. to Adopt a Privacy Law

The Governor of New Jersey recently signed into law the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, set to take effect in January 2025. New Jersey now becomes the fourteenth state in the U.S. to enact a state privacy law, specifically targeting the protection of individuals’ privacy in personal capacities (to the exclusion of individual’s roles as employees or representatives of a business). ...

OpenAI Restricts the Use of its Products in the Election; New Class Action Against OpenAI

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and DALL-E, has implemented a new election policy imposing restrictions on the use of its products for political purposes ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. This decision aims to prevent the misuse of OpenAI’s tools for political manipulation, including the spread of disinformation, fake news, and misleading images or videos that could adversely influence voters. ...

California Court Says Open Source Software Users Could Enforce the License

A decision by the Superior Court in California indicates that those who receive software subject to the GPL open-source license may be able to exercise their rights under the license as third-party beneficiaries of the contract, separately from the rights of the copyright owners. The decision was delivered in a lawsuit filed by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit ...

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