Author - Chelsea Wickstrom

1
New Guidance Released for Australian Listed Companies on Continuous Disclosure Obligations During a Cyber Incident
2
“Grandma, I have [not] been kidnapped”: The FCC Bans AI-Generated Robocalls
3
CJEU Decides on Use of Automatically Generated Scoring Values
4
CJEU Holds German Provisions for Imposing Fines on Companies for GDPR Violations Invalid
5
California Privacy Protection Agency Proposes Draft Rules for Automated Decision Making, Including Artificial Intelligence
6
California Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Businesses

New Guidance Released for Australian Listed Companies on Continuous Disclosure Obligations During a Cyber Incident

By: Cameron Abbott, Andrew Gaffney, Harry Kingsley, Rob Pulham, and Stephanie Mayhew

Australia’s corporate regulator, ASIC, has released new guidance on how to comply with market disclosure requirements when a listed company is in the middle of investigating and responding to a cyber incident.

Read More

“Grandma, I have [not] been kidnapped”: The FCC Bans AI-Generated Robocalls

By Andrew Glass, Gregory Blase, and Joshua Durham

Effective immediately, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned AI-generated phone calls with its recent Declaratory Ruling (the Ruling). Known as audio or voice “deepfakes,” AI can be trained to mimic any person’s voice, resulting in novel scams such as grandparents receiving a call from their “grandchild” and believing they have been kidnapped or need money for bail. FCC Commissioner Starks deemed such deepfakes a threat to election integrity, recalling that just recently, “potential primary voters in New Hampshire received a call, purportedly from President Biden, telling them to stay home and ‘save your vote’ by skipping the state’s primary.”

Read More

CJEU Decides on Use of Automatically Generated Scoring Values

By Dr. Thomas Nietsch

In its judgment dated 7 December 2023 (C-634/21 – Schufa) presented by the Administrative Court Wiesbaden (Germany), the court held that Article 22 of the GDPR (Art. 22 GDPR) applies also to probability values that are created by credit scoring agencies on the basis of personal data and used by third parties in order to decide whether the respective individual is eligible for a credit or establishing a contract.

Read More

CJEU Holds German Provisions for Imposing Fines on Companies for GDPR Violations Invalid

By Dr. Thomas Nietsch

In a judgment dated 5 December 2023 (Case C-807/21 – Deutsche Wohnen) presented by the Higher Regional Court Berlin (Kammergericht), the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) held that a German law permitting administrative fines against corporate entities where an identified legal representative of that entity was proven to have committed a criminal or administrative offence, which at the same time led to the corporate entity breaching its obligations, is not in line with GDPR.

Read More

California Privacy Protection Agency Proposes Draft Rules for Automated Decision Making, Including Artificial Intelligence

By Eric Vicente Flores and Michael Stortz

Executive Summary: The California Privacy Protection Agency has proposed a new set of draft regulations that aim to regulate the use of artificial intelligence and automated decision making technology. These regulations will be discussed alongside other draft regulations the agency has previously proposed regarding risk assessments and cybersecurity assessments. The three sets of draft regulations will be discussed at the agency’s meeting on 8 December.

Read More

California Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Businesses

By: Eric Vicente Flores, Avril Love, and Whitney McCollum

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US, we will be bringing awareness to relevant 2023 cybersecurity updates each week.

On 28 August, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) published draft regulations regarding risk assessments and cybersecurity audits for consideration at the Board’s September meeting. The draft regulations precede the formal rulemaking process, but provide insight into CPPA’s current priorities.

Read More

Copyright © 2025, K&L Gates LLP. All Rights Reserved.