Masters of Privacy · 2026-05-31 · 51 min
Our repeat guest is a partner at Stoel Rives in San Francisco. John is co-lead of the firm’s Technology Industry Group. He counsels clients on data privacy, information security, artificial intelligence, and other technology dispute, compliance, and transactional matters. John has taught Technology Transactions Law at the UC Davis School of Law and Comparative Privacy Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law. John has also guest lectured on technology and privacy law topics at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business; the University of San Francisco School of Management; and Stanford University. References: * John Pavolotsky: The Long Arc of Data Breaches: 2006-2026 (May 14, 2026) * Colorado SB 26-189 , repealing and replacing Colorado’s original 2024 AI Act New laws being discussed in California, or just approved: * AB 1542 : to prohibit a business, service provider, or contractor from selling or sharing sensitive personal information to a third party. * AB 1898 : to require an employer to maintain an updated list of all workplace AI tools currently in use and to provide the list to workers annually. * AB 2021 : whistleblower complaints.
Eduardo Ustaran: the status of privacy in 2026, UK-EU divergence on automated decisions74 / 100
Theodore Christakis: chatbot privacy dreams and the health AI agent rush
Malcolm Bain: copyright protection of AI-generated works and protection of copyrighted works from AI training
Tim Turner: The DPO Daily Challenge, recent updates to the UK legal framework 
Newsroom: Spring 2026