The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will delay enforcement of Local Law 144, until April 15, 2023. The law requires companies operating in the City to audit automated employment decision tools for bias prior to use, and to post these audit reports publicly. The bill would also require that companies notify
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World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook for 2023 Is Bleak
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but remember that I am only the messenger. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 23 Insight Report (published in collaboration with Accenture), although business leaders are more aware of the risk of cyber issues to their organizations, there remain challenges on how organizations are…
We Might Be Close to Final CPRA Regulations, with More to Come
By Kathryn Rattigan & Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Data Privacy
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board will hold its third public hearing on February 3, 2023, at 10 am PST.
The meeting will open with the Chairperson’s Update, during which CPPA Chairperson Jennifer Urban will likely address the status of the delayed California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) regulations. Chairperson Urban is also a…
Could Data Brokering Become the New Stock Trading?
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team on
Posted in Data Privacy
The Shanghai Data Exchange, launched in November 2021, is reportedly gearing up to go international. The announcement came from the 2022 Global Data Ecosystem Conference, held in Singapore this November. The Shanghai Data Exchange aims to build “a data factor market” and “promote data capitalization.” Or, in plain terms, it wants to create a stock…
People matter: cultural challenges in cross border e-discovery
By Andrea Donovan Napp on
Posted in e-Discovery
As U.S. litigators and U.S. courts begin to gain some level of comfort with advanced e-discovery practices, new challenges have emerged in the form of cross-border discovery. While most U.S. attorneys are aware that there are challenges associated with collecting data from individuals and entities in Europe and Asia, they tend to focus primarily on…