Intellectual Property & Technology Blog

Most business leaders hear "governance" and think paperwork. They picture privacy policies, data retention schedules, and the compliance team quietly doing its thing in the background. AI governance is something fundamentally different, and mistaking one for the other could leave your company significantly behind.

Unlike data governance or privacy compliance, which largely include how to conform business practices to fit risk frameworks, AI governance is about defining how your business will integrate and use AI in the first place. It is a strategic framework more akin to a ...

I am sure everyone has heard the term “AI agent” enough times lately to be at least mildly tired of it, right up there with hearing about Dubai chocolate. But behind the buzzword is a real shift in how organizations are beginning to use AI, and it was a major focus at the IAPP 2026 Global Summit.

AI agents are systems designed not just to generate information, but to plan, adapt, and take action across one or more systems based on objectives set by humans. In other words, instead of simply telling you something, these systems are increasingly being designed to do something. That ...

AI agents have supercharged cybersecurity privacy risk issues, both for good and bad. At a high level, AI agents are systems that can perceive their environment, make decisions, and take actions autonomously to achieve specific goals, often without human oversight. This shift from passive tools to active, decision-making systems marks a meaningful evolution in how organizations approach cybersecurity.

From a cybersecurity perspective, the promise of AI agents is compelling. These systems can detect threats in real time, respond to incidents within milliseconds, and ...

When people say “cookies,” they’re often using shorthand for a much broader set of technologies: code, scripts, images, or files that collect, transmit, tag, or store information about a user, device, or online activity. This tracking may occur across websites, mobile apps, email, and other online interactions. In practice, this includes cookies, pixels or beacons placed on webpages or in emails, session replay tools that record user activity such as mouse movements, clicks, and typing, as well as fingerprinting techniques that use browser and device configurations to ...

On June 4, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a Data Privacy and Security Initiative to address growing concerns over personal data misuse. The initiative aims to enforce compliance with Texas privacy laws, targeting practices like the illegal exploitation of sensitive data, including biometric and AI-collected information.