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  • The European Union has introduced new legislation on artificial intelligence: The EU AI Act. It lays the foundations for the regulation of AI in the EU.As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure b...

  • GDPR sets a high standard for obtaining valid consent and it is considered one of the lawful bases for processing personal data, but such a requirement is not always needed. However, legal aspects like the necessity of processing for the perfor...

  • The modern world is seeing a faster transformation which involves more software-based objects and actions than traditional means which we have been used to, for a long time. “Code as law” saw legal codes crafted by democratically accountable lawmaker...

  • The last two decades have seen the most technological revolution – digital technology taking its lead in various forms. When it comes to digitization as a game-changer, we have numerous examples that caused creative destructions.  From tablets and la...

  • Should competition law incorporate data protection concerns? If so, how might the consumer welfare standard incorporate these concerns?Yes, the competition law should incorporate concerns related to data protection. Competition can include invasion i...

  • The Brazilian LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados) is a new data privacy law that will apply to businesses (both inside and outside Brazil) that process the personal data of users located in Brazil. The new law is expected to go into effect on Augus...

  • Further to the recent data turmoil, Facebook, as part of the set of actions, announced changes that would make businesses and media organisations less visible in people’s news feeds. This could impact on businesses that relied on traffic from Faceboo...

  • GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation that globally impacts the processing of all personal data of residents in the European Union (EU).1. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): Effective May 25, 2018, the GDPR aims to protect an...

  • These are the most common mistakes we see new email marketers make, which result in accidental spam filtering:Using spammy phrases, like "Click here!" or "Once in a lifetime opportunity!"Going crazy with exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!USING ALL CAP...

  • Having recently been asked by a new client to do a mail out for over 11,000 emails, we thought that I would take a moment to do a write up and explain what I think are some of the important points and considerations in maintaining and operating large...

  • A general bounce is recorded when the server could not deliver an email message, but also the bounce processing tool could not detect a specific reason. In most cases, this is related to a soft bounce. Normally that is because the bounce message from...

  • You have collected thousands of opt-in email addresses from your website and added them to your mailing list without properly verifying if the address owners actually consented to be subscribed to your list. You sent out a bulk mailing to the list an...