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   "text": "If US law requires disclosure of information that another country's law prohibits from being disclosed, whether for privacy or other reasons, there could be a true conflict of law and a credible case that the United States is in breach of international law.",
   "abstract": "disclosure of information that another country's law would prohibit to be disclosed, whether for privacy reasons or other reasons, there could be a true conflict of law and a credible case that the United States is in breach of international law.",
   "citation": "Richard W. Painter, Wulf A. Kaal, Extraterritorial Application of US Securities Law – Will the US Become the Default Jurisdiction for (2010). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1664809",
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   "text": "Although blockchain technology itself offers unprecedented data and privacy protection, storing blockchain data across a global network of nodes often will not comply with the consumer protection rules, directives, and guidelines of particular jurisdictions.",
   "abstract": "While blockchain technology itself offers unprecedented genuine data and privacy protection, the storage of blockchain data across a global network of nodes often will not comply with specific consumer protection rules, directives, and guidelines around the world.",
   "citation": "Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127",
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   "text": "Smart contracts can automate compliance with regulatory requirements and ethical guidelines: for example, a smart contract can enforce privacy law directly by controlling an AI system's access to personal data according to predefined rules.",
   "abstract": "They can be used to automate compliance with regulatory requirements and ethical guidelines. For instance, smart contracts can automatically enforce privacy laws by controlling AI's access to personal data based on predefined rules.",
   "citation": "Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807",
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