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The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) has published a position paper clarifying its interpretation of Regulation 2(4) regarding the transfer of personal data abroad. In this context, it emphasizes the requirements applicable to organizations transferring data outside of Israel, including to the United States.

In its final position statement, the PPA presents a stricter interpretation of the law that more closely aligns with the approach used in European law (the GDPR), under which data subjects must issue active, free, and informed consent. At the same time, the PPA limits the possibilities of relying on the concept of “tacit consent” found in the law.

The European Commission recently published the Digital Omnibus, aimed at simplifying data regulation within the European Union by amending key legislation governing digital data. In this update, we summarize the proposal’s key aspects.

A significant development occurred last week at the interface between artificial intelligence and intellectual property following the settlement agreement reached by Anthropic in the class action lawsuit filed against it with the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Amendment 13, which significantly updates privacy laws in Israel, has come into effect! If you still don’t know what to do to comply with the requirements, we’ve prepared a guide to help you address the main issues (not all of them) right now! In this guide, you can find simple tips to implement in your organization to improve compliance with Israeli privacy law requirements.

Developed for over two years, the American Privacy Rights Act proposes establishing a nationwide standard for privacy and data security, to empower individuals to control their personal information, as part of their right to privacy.

Uber’s insufficiently clear privacy protection policy and lack of transparency about the collection of personal information on its employees resulted in a heavy fine.

2023 trends are expected to continue in 2024, including the constantly evolving regulation of AI tools and new privacy protection and data security issues, as well as attempts by Israeli and global authorities to keep up with the pace at which technology is evolving and changing the face of the business world.

The state of emergency the State of Israel has declared in recent days requires us all to contend with a unique and complex situation. As part of this struggle, many companies and organizations have instructed their employees to shift to working from home, thus requiring such employers to clarify their privacy and business data protection procedures.

The new arrangement for transferring information about EU citizens to the United States offers European and foreign companies a simpler mechanism to enable their privacy protection procedures to be recognized as GDPR-compliant.