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Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 26 In this issue: Legal updates, case law update, regulator guidance, ICO enforcement overview, EU GDPR enforcement overview, views from Australia and The Lens.hig Reflecting on the months since our summer newsletter, it does feel very much like we have star... The International Comparative Legal Guide to Fintech 2024 David Shone, David Ives, James Cook and Charles Randall provide corporate counsel and international practitioners with an overview of the UK legal and regulatory landscape for fintech.  This chapter is from The International Comparative Legal Guide –... How should privacy teams manage AI? It takes a village “New tech, old tricks” – those were the words of John Edwards about genAI in a recent speech. Given the unprecedented growth of ChatGPT, now hitting 100 million users, and that business uptake of AI is increasing at pace (with a nearly 40% increase in UK ... When decentralisation meets regulation: how blockchain and GDPR can coexist This briefing looks at the The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) long-awaited draft Guidelines on processing of personal data through blockchain technologies. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released its long-awaited draft Guidelines on ... Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a consultation paper in December 2023 on a proposal to regulate fiat-referenced stablecoin (FRS) issuers in light of the potential monetary and financ... Change is afoot for Cyber Governance For some time we have been saying that cyber risk, like all business risks, is ultimately a corporate governance issue. Whilst the CISO / IT team have responsibility in the risk register, it is the board who has responsibility for setting risk appet... Are you ready for NIS2? The new EU cyber law NIS2 must be implemented at EU member state level by 18 October. It provides legal measures to boost the overall level of cybersecurity in the EU, building on the first NIS Directive and focussing on an expanded list of essential and ... EU AI Act to Enter into Force The EU’s AI Act will come into force on 1st August 2024. Cited by the Commission as the ‘world’s first comprehensive AI law’, The Act has caught the attention of organisations across the globe with its focus on responsible innovation, wide extra-territori... Data Privacy Newsletter - Issue 24 In this issue: Legal updates, case law update, regulatory guidance, enforcement overview, views from Brazil, Data Privacy at Slaughter and May Welcome to our first newsletter of 2024. It’s been a busy (and exciting) few months for us, as I am ... Data scraping and compliance - No clearview - (yet)? Companies often rely on data scraped from publicly available sources, but what are the legal bases? Companies often rely on data scraped from publicly available sources, but what are the legal bases? A version of this briefing first appeared in the Pri...