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Judith C McKee
Legal & Regulatory Compliance SpecialistIndependent Reviewer
Judith C McKee is a legal and regulatory compliance specialist with more than ten years of experience advising technology companies on data protection law, AI-specific regulation, and corporate governance frameworks. With deep expertise across GDPR, the EU AI Act, and emerging national AI legislation, Judith provides independent expert review of AI Policy Desk content to ensure accuracy, regulatory currency, and practical applicability. Her reviews verify that every template, checklist, and guide reflects current legal standards and is appropriate for the jurisdictions and team sizes it targets. Judith brings a practitioner's eye to compliance content — cutting through regulatory complexity to confirm what small teams actually need to know and act on.
- Regulatory compliance specialist, 10+ years
18 articles reviewed by Judith C McKee
Governance·11 min
Read →AI Costs More Than the Workers It Replaced? Run This TCO Worksheet Before You Cut a Role (2026)
A copy-paste total cost of ownership worksheet and approval checklist to compare AI against a human role before you replace it, so the invoice never surprises you.
ai-governanceai-costfinopsworkforce
Guides·10 min
Read →Seedance 2.5 Risk Checklist: Before Your Team Uses ByteDance AI Video
6-question Seedance enterprise risk checklist: copyright exposure, ByteDance data routing, and Disney C&D status before your team ships AI video.
ai-videobytedancecopyrightvendor-risk
Governance·10 min
Read →ChatGPT Memory Upgrade (Dreaming V3): What It Means for Business Privacy and Data Governance
Does ChatGPT's Dreaming V3 memory store your team's data across sessions? What to govern, disable, and disclose for privacy under GDPR and CCPA.
ai-governancechatgptdata-privacygdpr
Governance·10 min
Read →California AB 2013 Compliance Guide: What AI Developers Must Disclose About Training Data (2026)
Which 12 training data disclosures does California AB 2013 require? AI training data transparency rules, who's covered, and the failed xAI suit.
ai-compliancecaliforniatraining-dataai-transparency
Governance·10 min
Read →Amazon KiroRank and Tokenmaxxing: How to Measure AI Adoption Without Creating Perverse Incentives
Amazon scrapped KiroRank after staff gamed it with tokenmaxxing. Build AI adoption metrics that reward outcomes, not fake usage volume.
ai-governanceai-adoptionai-metricsengineering
Governance·10 min
Read →Miasma Worm and Phantom Gyp: The npm Supply Chain Attack That Bypasses Security Tools (June 2026)
A self-spreading worm compromised 57 npm packages in under 2 hours using binding.gyp instead of postinstall scripts, bypassing security scanners. What it means for teams that run npm install, and the 5 controls that limit your exposure.
ai-securitysupply-chainnpmdeveloper-tools
Governance·10 min
Read →AI Support Chatbots with Account Actions Are a Security Risk: The Meta Instagram Incident and What Your Team Must Govern (2026)
Hackers social-engineered Meta AI into resetting passwords on high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking. What the attack means for any team deploying an AI chatbot that can take account actions, and the 6 controls that prevent it.
ai-securityai-governancechatbotprompt-injection
Governance·10 min
Read →Reviewing AI-Generated Pull Requests: A Review Policy and 9-Point Checklist (2026)
AI now writes a large share of the pull requests your team reviews. A copy-paste policy and 9-point checklist for reviewing AI-generated PRs, who is accountable, what to require, and where AI code fails review.
ai-governancecode-reviewai-codingengineering
Governance·11 min
Read →AI Spend Governance: 5 Token Budget Controls That Stop Runaway AI Bills (2026)
5 token budget controls to stop runaway AI bills. Copy-paste usage caps, alerts, per-seat limits, and a kill switch for AI spend governance.
ai-governanceai-costtoken-billingfinops
Governance·9 min
Read →Vetting AI Tools: How to Avoid Fake AI Apps and Malware (7-Step Check, 2026)
Searching for popular AI tools now surfaces fake malware sites and typosquatted packages at the top of results. A 7-step vetting check to confirm an AI tool is the real one before your team installs it.
ai-governanceshadow-aisecurityvendor-risk
Compliance·11 min
Read →AI Hiring Tool Compliance 2026: NYC, Illinois, Connecticut, Colorado: State-by-State Matrix
Four US states now regulate AI in hiring decisions. NYC Local Law 144 requires annual bias audits. Illinois HB 3773 requires consent before AI video interview analysis. Connecticut CART Act takes effect October 1, 2026. Colorado ADMT framework: January 1, 2027. State-by-state compliance matrix.
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Governance·10 min
Read →AI Adoption Governance: Stop the Quiet Rebellion
80% of employees bypass or avoid company AI tools. How small teams close the governance trust gap and stop shadow AI use without triggering a rebellion.
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