The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken a major step toward improving transparency in call blocking by streamlining the notification and redress process for voice service providers. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the FCC unanimously adopted an order requiring standardized call-blocking notifications and enhanced measures to prevent fraudulent calls.
With global data breaches compromising billions of records and average data-breach costs significantly increasing year over year, organizations face mounting challenges in protecting data. This paper explores how AI can enhance data protection by facilitating and improving privacy-enhancing technology, data impact assessments, data minimization, and data security.
Faced with emerging challenges in privacy and cybersecurity, state attorneys general (AGs) are at the forefront of enforcement. Companies face increasing expectations to implement robust cybersecurity programs, promptly notify individuals affected by data breaches, and establish effective monitoring and auditing systems. As new technologies such as wearable tech, brain tech, and gaming platforms emerge, state AGs are focusing on protecting the data generated by these innovations. Additionally, there is growing concern over deepfakes, unauthorized sale of consumer data, and safeguarding children’s online privacy.
Our special guest is David Horton, Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, who has written a creative and thought-provoking article analyzing how courts should interpret certain key provisions that are frequently used in consumer arbitration agreements. The article may be accessed online at SSRN and will be published in the Washington University Law Review later this year.
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Seek Capital and its founder and CEO, Roy Ferman, barring the company from making false claims and forbidding the company from contacting any consumers whose information the company obtained before February 20, 2025.
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