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India DPDP Act and the AI Compliance Roadmap for SaaS Companies
India's DPDP Act and the AI Compliance Roadmap for SaaS Companies India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) received presidential assent on August 11, 2023, and the rules are...
Basel IsmailMay 17, 2026
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Quebec Law 25 and the AI Privacy Impact Assessment Requirement
Quebec Law 25 and the AI Privacy Impact Assessment Requirement Quebec's Law 25 (formally, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information ) has been...
Basel IsmailMay 17, 2026
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act: The 2026 Surprise for Mid-Market Companies
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act: The 2026 Surprise for Mid-Market Companies Indiana quietly signed SB 5 into law on May 1, 2023, and most compliance teams outside the state barely noticed. The...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act: What Bourbon Country Just Joined
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act: What Bourbon Country Just Joined Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed HB 15 into law on April 4, 2024, making Kentucky the fifteenth state to enact a...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act: Smallest State, No Cure Period
Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act: Smallest State, No Cure Period Rhode Island's comprehensive privacy law, the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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The Patchwork Problem: Why a Single Privacy Operating Model Across 20 States Is Impossible
The Patchwork Problem: Why a Single Privacy Operating Model Across 20 States Is Impossible As of mid-2025, twenty states have enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws. Not sector-specific rules...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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California CCPA and CPRA Updates Affecting AI Use in 2026
California CCPA and CPRA Updates Affecting AI Use in 2026 The California Privacy Protection Agency has been working on Automated Decision-Making Technology (ADMT) regulations for over two years now,...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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Colorado Privacy Act, Universal Opt-Out, and the AI Profiling Implications
Colorado Privacy Act, Universal Opt-Out, and the AI Profiling Implications Colorado's approach to universal opt-out mechanisms is quietly becoming one of the more technically demanding privacy...
Basel IsmailMay 16, 2026
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EU AI Act Annex III: The High-Risk Categories You Probably Did Not Realize You Are In
EU AI Act Annex III: The High-Risk Categories You Probably Did Not Realize You Are In Annex III of the EU AI Act is where the real action is. While most of the public conversation has focused on...
Basel IsmailMay 15, 2026
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EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency: What B2B SaaS Has to Disclose Starting August 2026
EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency: What B2B SaaS Has to Disclose Starting August 2026 Article 50 of the EU AI Act has a compliance deadline of August 2, 2026, and it applies to a much wider set of...
Basel IsmailMay 15, 2026
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EU AI Act Fines: 35 Million Euros or 7 Percent of Global Revenue (Whichever Is Worse)
EU AI Act Fines: 35 Million Euros or 7 Percent of Global Revenue (Whichever Is Worse) The EU AI Act entered into force on August 1, 2024, and its enforcement provisions phase in over a staggered...
Basel IsmailMay 15, 2026
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GDPR Right to Be Forgotten and Generative AI: The Article 17 Problem
GDPR Right to Be Forgotten and Generative AI: The Article 17 Problem Article 17 of the GDPR is conceptually straightforward. A data subject requests erasure, and the controller deletes their personal...
Basel IsmailMay 15, 2026
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