Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Blog

On February 23, 2026, a Joint Statement on AI-Generated Imagery was published by 61 data protection authorities. The Joint Statement addresses concerns regarding AI systems capable of generating realistic images and videos depicting identifiable individuals without their knowledge or consent.

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide who qualifies as a “consumer” under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law originally enacted to protect the privacy of individuals’ video rental and purchase records.

As we ring in the New Year, one thing remains the same: understanding the definitions and conditions in your insurance policy is critical. In a recent decision, a Florida federal court in Ohio Security Insurance Co. v. E Kelly Enterprises Inc. et al., No. 3:22-cv-24754, held that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify a general contractor and no duty to indemnify a subcontractor for damages from defective work on a naval base, based on the policy’s definition of “suit,” “property damage,” and allocation requirements. The decision highlights the importance of numerous issues in the context of commercial general liability policies, including the nuances of policy definitions, obtaining insurer consent when necessary, and allocation between covered and uncovered claims.

On December 15, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it, along with 21 states and the District of Columbia, filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District for the Northern District of California alleging that Uber used unfair and deceptive billing and cancellation practices.