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Data Privacy in the Age of Intellectual Property

IIPRD

Introduction In a world ruled by machines using lots of data, rules about keeping personal information safe and rights to own ideas create difficult problems for businesses everywhere. This literature will delve into the issues that surround the sensitive issue of how companies maintain privacy while also trying to foster innovation.

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Minnesota’s Attempt to Copy California’s Constitutionally Defective Age Appropriate Design Code is an Utter Fail (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Bill Requirements Identical to the California AADC, the bill applies to a “business that provides an online service, product, or feature likely to be accessed by a child.” The bill describes the following obligations for in-scope businesses: Data Protection Impact Assessments. Default Privacy Settings. Enforcement of Terms.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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Four More States Pass Consumer Privacy Statutes

LexBlog IP

Tennessee, Montana, Iowa, and Indiana have each recently passed a consumer privacy statute in recent weeks. Similar to Connecticut’s Data Privacy Act, which appears to be emerging as a new standard, these laws grant special protections to children’s data up to age 16. However, each law comes with its own quirks.

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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Privacy and Security Roundup: New consumer privacy laws, big developments in ransomware attacks and the FBI’s Operation Trojan Shield

LexBlog IP

More states, including Ohio, are working on comprehensive consumer privacy laws that could impact how companies share data. In our August 2021 Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the nuances in the various legislation, more ransomware and supply chain attacks and news of a messaging app used as a Trojan horse by the FBI.

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There’s More to Copyright Than Financial Incentives, Internet Archive Argues in Court

TorrentFreak

The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of websites to preserve them for future generations. The organization doesn’t license authorized digital copies from publishers; instead, its books are scanned and digitized in-house. IA has plenty of other archive projects too.

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