Leah Hudson - Page 2
Freelance writer and researcher at TermsFeed
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Leah is an editor and writer published by The Spinoff, The Urbanist, UrbDeZine, and Penguin Random House New Zealand. Leah loves to write about sustainable urban development, data privacy, mental health, and matters of the heart. She spends her time reading, walking her dog, and eating unreasonable amounts of chocolate.
How to Get Legal Consent for SMS Marketing (TCPA Express Written Consent Guide)
To send marketing (advertising/telemarketing) SMS in the U.S., you generally need "prior express written consent" when the texts are sent using automated technology covered by the TCPA and FCC rules. For purely informational/transactional texts (e.g., appointment reminders), the consent standard is typically "prior express consent" (not written), as long as the...
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...
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...
Contributor License Agreements (CLAs): Friend, Foe, or Necessary Evil?
Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) are a type of licensing agreement that governs how people contribute to open-source software or developments. They can help intellectual property rights between developers and distributors to be clarified, and can ensure that contributed content is clearly licensed. However, they can also leave developers vulnerable to further...
The Fine Print of AI Terms of Service: What Most Businesses Miss
AI platforms are helpful for content creation, coding, product development, and numerous other tasks. However, many people don't actually read the Terms of Service for common AI platforms, and just click "Accept". This exposes your business to legal and operational risks, as there are clauses that could affect important issues including...