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Consent or Pay
Consent or pay is a business model where websites give users a choice between paying for a service, consenting to share personal data, or not using the service at all. The legality of this is in question, as most privacy laws require users to provide freely-given consent to sharing their...
AI Transparency and Privacy Notices: Preparing for the EU AI Act and Beyond
If your business uses AI to make decisions about people, like screening job applicants or approving loans, you must disclose this in your Privacy Policy or Privacy Notice. The EU AI Act, GDPR, and CCPA all require transparency about automated decision-making, with penalties up to €35 million for non-compliance under...
Lessons from 2025 Privacy Enforcement Actions: What Regulators Look for First
We have become accustomed to headline-grabbing fines of tech giants and established businesses as regulators ramp up their efforts to hold privacy law violators to account. From states' Attorneys General to GDPR regulators, including the Data Protection Authority and the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), regulators across the globe are...
Protecting Your Brand in Open Source: Trademarks, Forks, and Enforcement Strategies
It's a common misconception that having an open source brand means you can't enforce trademark rights. However, open source licensing applies to code, not branding, and open source doesn't mean that your brand name and logo are free for anyone to use. Companies can work with open source software and remain...
The GPL Enforcement Landscape: Lessons from Recent Lawsuits
The GNU General Public License (GPL) is an open-source software license that allows software to be shared, modified, and used in a non-proprietary way. Free and open-source software licenses have been successfully enforced around the world. Lawsuits and other enforcement actions are an important part of protecting open-source software licenses and...
Dual Licensing vs. Open Core: Legal Distinctions Every Business Should Understand
Building a sustainable business around open source software is a balancing act. You want the massive community adoption and collaborative power that comes with an open license, but you also need a clear path to generating revenue. Dual licensing and open core are two popular license models businesses use to square...