The privacy-cyber world seems preoccupied with issues related to the nexus between personal data and AI. Those issues, although important, are dwarfed by a more pressing and fundamental question: can we get AI to do useful things reliably and accurately
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How to Effectively Draft Data Processing Agreements to Protect Information Shared with Service Providers – Part 2
In our previous post, we discussed specific considerations for common boilerplate provisions in data processing agreements (DPAs). Due to the sensitivity of data transfers and privacy laws, DPAs require careful drafting to ensure the data processor complies with appropriate…

How to Effectively Draft Data Processing Agreements to Protect Information Shared with Service Providers – Part 1
Modern businesses collect and process personal information about their customers and employees for the benefit of their business – these benefits include identifying opportunities to enhance their products or services, streamlining operations, reducing costs or maximizing profits. Processing such data…
UK Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Final Guidance On Employee Monitoring



The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its final guidance on monitoring workers on 3 October 2023 (the Guidance). The Guidance is aimed at employers across both the private and public sector. Responding to the rise of remote working and…
Where data meets IP – Derivative data in M&A transactions



With the growth of the high-tech industry worldwide, it is no surprise that more and more transactions involve the transfer of rights to access or control data and derivative data. In our previous update we discussed protecting business data in…
Where data meets IP – protecting business data in a commercial context



In our previous publication, we discussed how a business’ data can be protected by characterizing it as intellectual property and protecting it as such. One of the most common ways to protect business data in a commercial context is…
Where Data Meets IP



How do you balance sharing and protecting your business’ data? Unlike tangible assets, which can be protected primarily through physical means, intangible assets such as data require additional considerations. One key strategy to protect your business’ data is to characterize,…
Turkey’s data protection legislation on data controller registry to impact data controllers outside of Turkey
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Turkey’s data protection legislation (TDPL) requires data controllers to notify the Turkish DPA of their processing activities. Unless exempt from the requirement, all data controllers (individuals and legal entities) who process personal data in Turkey must be registered with…
Dubai issues Open Data Law
Dubai has issued a new law regulating the dissemination and exchange of data in the Emirate. This is one of the first open data initiatives in the Middle East and is being promoted by the Prime Minister’s office as a significant step forward in Dubai’s cyber legislation and smart city ambitions.
Challenges to banking and tech: data and cybercrime

The proliferation of data gives rise to two challenges:
- Companies need to manage the vast amounts of data they now control and turn it to useful purposes.
- The availability of so much data has been an ideal environment for an explosion of various forms of cybercrime.