Companies in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the UK are considering the pros and cons of the third attempt of the EU Commission and US government to establish interoperability between their data protection and privacy law systems after the demise of the US Safe Harbor Program and the EU–US Privacy Shield. Should US companies register? Are the efforts worth the potential benefits, given that the new programme has already been challenged and may be invalidated like previous programmes for reasons that businesses cannot control? Should companies that were already enrolled in the previous programmes accept automatic enrolment or leave the programme?
The capabilities and use cases for AI and ML are moving at lightning speed, and the law is trying to catch up. Legal, compliance and governance functions must manage risk and develop processes and policies for AI projects that work with the law as it is today, while also anticipating the coming wave of legal, regulatory and technological change.
In this webinar series, our EMEA team discussed the IP and data privacy issues raised by AI, the developing regulatory landscape and practical issues when contracting for AI.