On 23 February 2023, the UK ICO hosted its latest privacy forum in a series aimed at helping product designers and managers incorporate “privacy by design” or “data protection by design and by default” principles into their work. Presenters from a wide range of sectors, including from the ICO, offered practical guidance that may help companies better understand current market practice,…

On March 2 and 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced several updates to its corporate enforcement policies, in significant part formalizing recent pronouncements about corporate compliance programs. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced these updates in remarks at the ABA’s National Institute on White Collar Crime. In particular, DOJ:…

On February 27, 2023, the FTC released guidance entitled “Keep Your AI Claims in Check” (“AI Claims Blog Post”), reminding companies that false or unsubstantiated claims about a product’s efficacy are core areas of FTC enforcement activity. We have previously written on how the FTC has entered into a new era under FTC Chair Lina Khan. It has asserted its…