On June 27, 2025, the California Civil Rights Council, which is part of the Civil Rights Department, published revised regulations to protect against employment discrimination as a result of an employer’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies that
Canada’s Place in the AI Data Centre Boom
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow in capability and adoption, the technology infrastructure required to support it is rapidly expanding. The rise of AI has led to the development of specialized data centres built to handle the high computational demands associated with AI workloads. …
The Healthline Order: Privacy law grows teeth
The proposed $1.55 million CCPA settlement with Healthline is not just the largest of its kind to date – it is, more importantly, it marks a pivotal evolution in how American regulators are approaching consumer privacy enforcement.
The facts are…
Do your technology and outsourcing contracts properly address liability for cyber incidents?
Most incidents handled by our Norton Rose Fulbright cyber team originate from the customer’s service provider. In many cases it is the service provider’s systems, infrastructure and environment which proves to be the most vulnerable to cyber breaches and security…
AI Armageddon Series
The biggest AI privacy problems no one is talking about: Installment 1: The Agent2Agent (“A2A”) Protocol
In the privacy world, everyone is focused on fairness, bias, and data scraping. These issues, however, are not even among the top 3 AI…
New Jersey’s proposed privacy rules include some surprises
On June 2, 2025, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Affairs released proposed rules (57 N.J.R. 1101(a)) pursuant to the New Jersey Data Privacy Act (N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.4 et seq.). Although the proposed rules have many similarities to California’s…
AI and Job Postings: Navigating Ontario’s Upcoming Requirements
On March 21, the Ontario’s Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 (“Bill 149”) received Royal Assent.
FTC’s COPPA Rule changes include AI training consent requirement
The Federal Trade Commission has published a Final Rule relating to changes in the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) regulations, which will go into effect on Monday, June 23, 2025. The final Rule generally provides 365 days from the…
Generative AI: Updated global guide to key IP considerations
Generative AI systems are trained using vast amounts of data, often taken from sources in the public domain that may be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. So could training a generative AI system using publicly accessible copyright…
AI literacy – the Commission’s pointers on building your programme
The EU AI Act’s AI literacy obligation applied from 2 February 2025. This applies to anyone doing anything with AI where there is some connection to the EU – to providers and deployers of any AI systems.
The AI Act…