Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, regarding its privacy practices and compliance with Texas law.

On February 8, 2025, the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and four other Shanghai government agencies released the Data Export Management List in the Free Trade Trial Zone and Lin Gang New Area, Administrative Measures on the Negative List, and the Implementation Guideline on the Negative List.

On February 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted a preliminary injunction further blocking enforcement of Texas’ Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act.

It has been nearly two decades since Illinois introduced the first biometric information privacy law in the country in 2008, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). Since then, litigation relating to biometric information privacy laws has mushroomed, and the insurance industry has responded with increasingly broad exclusions for claims stemming from the litigation.

Hunton publishes AI Act Guide for In-House Lawyers, providing a comprehensive yet practical roadmap for businesses to comply with the European Union’s AI Act. This blog entry provides a link to download a copy of the guide and a summary of the key areas covered.

The European Data Protection Board held its latest plenary meeting on February 12, 2025.

On February 11, 2025, the European Commission made available its 2025 work program, which sets out the key strategies, action plans and legislative initiatives to be pursued by the European Commission.

On February 11, 2025, the data protection authorities of the UK, Ireland, France, South Korea and Australia issued a joint statement on building trustworthy data governance frameworks to encourage development of innovative and privacy-protective artificial intelligence.

On February 4, 2025, the Minnesota Attorney General published the second volume of a report outlining the negative impact that AI and social media is having on minors in Minnesota.

On February 10, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office released an updated response to the draft Data (Use and Access) Bill, providing comments on the amendments made by the House of Lords.