Colin Rooney

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Lorraine Sheridan |Colin Rooney |Olivia Mullooly |Ian Duffy

The European Commission has today published its AI ContinentAction Plan (the "Plan") to make the European Union thedestination of choice for AI companies. BriefingThe Plan does this by outlining a strategy that will focus inproviding clear rules on AI, creating the appropriateinfrastructure for AI development, providing high quality data forAI purposes, stimulating the development and adoption of AIalgorithms and ensuring the workforce is equipped with thenecessary AI skills.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Olivia Mullooly |Colin Rooney |Ian Duffy |Rob Corbet

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) hasissued a fine against a processor for the first time, fining asoftware provider over GBP 3million for security failings thatexposed the personal data of over 79,000 individuals. The fine follows a ransomware attack in August 2022, wherehackers accessed the health and care systems of a subsidiary of theprovider. The access occurred through a customer account thatlacked multi-factor authentication (MFA).

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Shay Buckley |Colin Rooney |Olivia Mullooly |Ian Duffy

We previously provided a brief overview of the Data Act'skey concepts, definitions and applicable timeline in Part One: Harnessing the power of data under theData Act and the new data access right in Part Two: Data access and product design under theData Act. A key element to increase the utilisation of data isthe standardisation of the terms and conditions for sharing datagenerated by connected products and the services related to thoseconnected products.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Rob Corbet |Colin Rooney |Olivia Mullooly |Ian Duffy

AC Arthur Cox More Arthur Cox is one of Ireland’s leading law firms. For almost 100 years, we have been at the forefront of developments in the legal profession in Ireland. Our practice encompasses all aspects of corporate and business law. The firm has offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and Silicon Valley.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Shay Buckley |Colin Rooney |Olivia Mullooly |Ian Duffy

By way of a quick refresher, the Data Act is an EUregulation which aims to utilise the value of personal andnon-personal data. We previously provided a brief overview of theData Act's key concepts, definitions and applicable timelinein Part One: Harnessing the power of data under the DataAct. The central goal of the Data Act is to leverage data fromconnected products and related services to improve competition andsupport the common good.