Jun 122024

An Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Update for Indian Companies Doing Business in the United States and Europe

William RM Long, Ash Nagdev and Colleen Theresa Brown
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Pivotal shifts have occurred in global data privacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity from executives facing more pressure to monitor their organizations’ cybersecurity operations, to an unprecedented wave of consumer data privacy laws and rapid advancements in AI technology use and deployment. Indian organizations should establish best practices to address these new (and emerging) laws, regulations, and frameworks.

Summarized in this update are key developments for Indian organizations that want to grow their presence in the United States and Europe, together with recommendations for addressing these key developments.

This post is as of the posting date stated above. Sidley Austin LLP assumes no duty to update this post or post about any subsequent developments having a bearing on this post.

William RM Long

London

wlong@sidley.com

Ash Nagdev

Palo Alto

anagdev@sidley.com

Colleen Theresa Brown

Washington, D.C.

cbrown@sidley.com

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