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Israeli Privacy Regulator Publishes Draft Guidance on the Role of the Board of Directors in Data Security

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority issued new draft guidance outlining specific obligations for corporations processing personal data, to ensure compliance with the Israeli Privacy Protection Law and associated regulations. This draft guidance primarily applies to corporations that engage in significant processing of personal information, or those posing a significant risk to privacy due to their organizational nature, the sensitivity of ...

The Privacy Protection Authority Releases Notice Regarding Cyber-attack at ‘Mayanei Hayeshua’ Medical Center

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority has published guidelines regarding the use of personal medical information of patients that could be misused online due to the data breach incident at the ‘Mayanei Hayeshua’ Medical Center in Israel. The Authority has warned that indications suggest that the cyber-attack may have resulted in theft of information and that any use of this personal ...

Developments in Legislation and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

European countries are swiftly establishing regulatory standards for AI, to reduce risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI) while fostering technological innovation. Spain recently unveiled the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (AESIA), marking the EU’s first AI regulatory body. At the same time, Germany announced a substantial AI Action Plan, with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ...

U.S. Federal Court Denies Copyright Protection for Image Created by Artificial Intelligence

A Federal District Court in the United States dismissed Stephen Thaler’s appeal against the U.S. Copyright Office denial of Thaler’s application to register the copyright on an image generated by Thaler’s Artificial Intelligence software, known as the “Creativity Machine.” The court held that a work generated by artificial intelligence without a human author does not qualify for copyright protection.

Thaler ...

India Enacts a New Privacy Protection Act

After six years of extensive deliberations, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in India was approved into law by the President of India. The law offers an approach distinguishable from the GDPR and imposes notable obligations on “data fiduciaries”, which are comparable to data controllers. These responsibilities include a duty to issue privacy notices in English and 22 additional languages, ...

The government established a committee to probe police’s use of spywares

The Israeli government has formed a committee to scrutinize the police’s utilization of spyware, including NSO Group’s Pegasus software. Investigations published last year in the Calcalist newspaper alleged that the police had extensively employed such surveillance tools without proper judicial authorization. An internal review committee within the Ministry of Justice has largely discredited these findings.

The newly established government committee ...

Privacy Authorities Warn Social Media Platforms from Scraping User Data

Privacy Protection Authorities from around the world have signed a joint statement calling social media platforms to protect publicly available user content from data scraping. Failure to do so may result in legal accountability. Authorities from countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong (China), Australia, and Mexico have signed the statement.

The authorities’ statement clarifies that “social ...

U.S. Will Impose Restrictions on Investments in Sensitive Technologies in China

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, issued a presidential order directing the departments of Treasury and Commerce to formulate regulations that will impose limitations on American investments in technology companies and ventures in China, specifically those related to artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and semiconductors.

According to officials, the primary objective of Biden’s executive order is not to curtail ...

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