On February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously adopted a declaratory ruling deeming telephone calls using AI-generated voices subject to Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) restrictions on calls containing an “artificial or prerecorded voice”. According to the ruling, § 227 of the TCPA, which prohibits the initiation of “any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or pre-recorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the…
In a month already full of activity with respect to regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) globally, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has continued to assert its role in regulating AI in the US. On November 21, 2023, FTC commissioners unanimously resolved to streamline the FTC’s ability to issue civil investigative demands (CIDs) regarding AI in products and services. FTC staff may now more easily compel release of documents, information, and testimony as part of…
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued a 63-page Executive Order to define the trajectory of artificial intelligence adoption, governance and usage within the United States government. The Executive Order outlines eight guiding principles and priorities for US federal agencies to adhere to as they adopt, govern and use AI. While safety and security are predictably high on the list, so too is a desire to make America a leader in the AI industry including…
What rights does a consumer have to a digital product that they purchase? What control does an author have over their creative works? What obligations do others have to you when they use your data to develop new products? None of these questions are new, but the recent proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly generative AI (GenAI) tools, has brought these questions to the forefront of ongoing conversations about the role that AI will…
On May 11, 2023, the governor of Tennessee signed the Tennessee Information Protection Act (“TIPA”), assigned Public Chapter Number 408, into law. TIPA takes effect on July 1, 2025. In this article, we highlight five key points of the new law.
In brief The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has begun the 2023 iteration of its annual coordinated enforcement action under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In coordination with twenty-six EDPB Supervisory Authorities (SAs), the EDPB will analyze the roles, tasks, resources, and positions of Data Protection Officers (DPOs) in public and private sector organizations. DPOs should expect to receive requests soon from Supervisory Authorities to respond to questionnaires intended to aid that analysis, describing…
Friday 28 January 2022 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. To mark Data Protection Day 2022, our Global Data Privacy and Security Team have provided a roundup of key trends and developments across the globe from a data protection perspective as well as looking ahead to what to expect in 2022. There are new laws and developments to keep…