19 Nov, 2024 First Draft General Purpose AI Code of Practice – the copyright bits By Emily Ryder Toby Headdon The European Commission has published the first draft of the General Purpose AI Code of Practice. The Code provides guidance for...
18 Nov, 2024 Podcast: New UK data protection law By Hannah Crowther Jamie Drucker In this episode, we break down what you need to know about the UK’s new data protection law – the Data (Use and Access) Bill. Find all...
04 Nov, 2024 Ofcom issues OSA Consultation on fees & penalties By Naina Patel Faye Harrison Ofcom has released its latest consultation on the Online Safety Act 2023 (the OSA). As the UK's online safety regulator, Ofcom is looking...
31 Oct, 2024 The Online Safety Act turns one: Where are we now? By Kiran Sidhu Rose Lynch Subha Kumar The journey so far 26 October marked the first anniversary of the UK’s Online Safety Act (the Act) receiving Royal Assent. This was the...
30 Oct, 2024 CJEU confirms that competitors can sue for breaches of the GDPR (using local competition rules) By Francion Brooks Antonia Kendrick The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently confirmed that a competitor, who is not a ‘data subject’ under the GDPR, has...
29 Oct, 2024 International transfers under the Data (Use and Access) Bill By Mac Macmillan Cross-border data transfers are possibly one of the biggest administrative headaches for controllers and processors so companies may be...
28 Oct, 2024 GDPR and scientific research in the UK: what does the Data (Use and Access) Bill have to say? By Mac Macmillan Back in July I speculated, based on the King's Speech, that the new government's proposals for scientific research were likely to be a...
25 Oct, 2024 UK Government introduces Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament By Hannah Crowther The UK Government has introduced the new Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament. I’m not going to lie - I don’t love it. Sadly, it...
24 Oct, 2024 Global online safety: Ireland’s media regulator adopts online safety code for video sharing platforms By Anna Ní Uiginn Faye Harrison With the UK’s Online Safety Act due to start its gradual entry into force in December, we are starting to see online safety taking centre...
23 Oct, 2024 Podcast: Anonymisation By Hannah Crowther Mac Macmillan In this episode, Hannah Crowther and Mac Macmillan discuss anonymisation. We cover the latest case law and guidance, and consider how to...
21 Oct, 2024 Online Safety Act countdown: Ofcom progress update By Mike Edgar Faye Harrison With two months remaining before the first major set of UK Online Safety Act (OSA) provisions come into force, Ofcom has published an...
21 Oct, 2024 UK and US issue joint statement pledging closer cooperation on children’s online safety By Vivien Zhu Faye Harrison On 10 October 2024, the UK and US governments issued a joint statement announcing the formation of a new joint children’s online safety...