Meta is facing a $220 million fine in Nigeria under data protection laws passed in 2023, the first major fine for the company in the region. The fine follows an extensive investigation that lasted 38 months, dating back to well before the current Data Protection Act was signed into law.
The laws and regulations of the future will increasingly be read, analyzed and implemented by AI or by lawyers augmented with AI, and also by technology and business people, especially for SMEs who cannot afford lawyers.
After being pulled into an early July meeting with regulators over uncompetitive savings rates, some UK banks are now blaming data protection laws for consumer financial woes, claiming that rules forbid them from communicating better options to customers.
A new report from the FPF and ABLI promotes a shift from consent-based models to a focus on accountability for data processors in the interest of improving consistency between different jurisdictions and different data protection laws.
Data protection laws have become a point of growing concern for US businesses. With the enactment of the CPRA just around the corner, enterprise organizations must take action now to prepare themselves for the coming surge of employee DSARs.
Clearview AI faces fresh legal trouble in the UK, where it may soon be fined for violation of the country's data protection laws and forced to delete any biometric data it has collected.
Concerns about data protection and user privacy have spurred a new type of market, where spending on tools that promise such protection is expected to exceed $8 million in 2022.
Clearview AI's controversial facial recognition software is facing legal complaints in the EU challenging the troubled company on the basis of violating data protection laws by "scraping" websites.”