Businesses can prepare for a bumpy ride as the 2024 global landscape of data privacy and other related laws and regulations begins to take shape.

Top of mind is the European Union’s AI Act, which last week moved a step closer to final adoption. The act will implement a risk-based approach, from “minimal” to “unacceptable,” to regulating artificial intelligence systems and is on pace to take full effect in 2026.

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