U.S. Gov’t Moves to Break Up Google's Online Advertising Business

The U.S. Department of Justice, together with eight states in the U.S., filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products. The lawsuit is part of a series of antitrust lawsuits filed against Google and other large technology companies in the U.S.

The complaint alleges that Google "corrupted the legitimate competition" in the field of ...

Copyright Lawsuits Against Image Generators that Use Artificial Intelligence

Three artists filed a class action lawsuit in the United States alleging that image generators based on artificial intelligence (AI) violate the copyrights of millions of artists when they use their works without their consent.

The defendants are Midjourney, Stability AI, and DeviantArt which operate image generators that rely on significant amounts of content to train their algorithms to generate ...

“Privacy by design” To Become an International Standard

On February 8, 2023, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is expected to adopt “Privacy by Design” (PbD) as an international privacy standard for the protection of consumer products and services. The new standard will be numbered ISO 31700 and will have about 30 requirements spanning over 30 pages. Along with the high-level requirements of the standard, a supplementary document ...

EDPB Issues Report on Coordinated Enforcement Action in Public Sector Use of Cloud Services

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published a report that consolidates the findings of all national supervisory authorities participating in the Coordinated Enforcement Action (CEF) on the use of cloud-based services by the public sector.

The challenges identified include performing a risk assessment regarding data protection and the roles of the parties in this regard, control of public bodies over ...

Ukraine Says Russia’s Cyber-Attacks Are War Crimes

Senior officials in the Ukraine government alleged that Russia's cyber-attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure constitute war crimes. The Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the Special Communications and Information Protection Authority (SSSCIP), accused Russia of launching cyber-attacks in coordination with kinetic military attacks as part of its invasion of Ukraine and emphasized that the digital warfare is part of what Ukraine considers ...

EDPB Issues Do’s and Don’ts Regarding Cookies

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published a draft document that explains the common view of the EU data protection authorities on the 'do' and 'don't' rules for the use of cookies. The document was compiled by a dedicated task force of the national data protection authorities in EU member states that handle the hundreds of complaints filed by ...

FTC Proposes a Ban on Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Agreements

The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a proposal for new regulations that would prohibit employers from having their employees sign any provision in the employment agreement that prevents the employees from working with the competitor, whether or not briefly. The FTC announced that it has determined that these terms constitute an unfair practice against the competition, in ...