1/29/2026 9:41:50 AM Shaping the Future of Automated Vehicles: Department for Transport’s New Call for Evidence By Ross Francis-Pike Fernanda Dias On 4 December 2025, the Department for Transport (DfT) published a call for evidence to shape the next stage of the UK’s automated...
1/28/2026 6:31:36 PM Hong Kong: New licensing regimes for virtual asset services By Vincent Chan Hong Kong is progressing plans to extend licensing requirements beyond Virtual Asset ('VA') trading platforms and stablecoin issuers to...
1/27/2026 2:28:14 PM ICO publishes report on agentic AI and its data privacy implications By Lily Latimer Smith The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published the latest report in its Tech Futures series on the topic of agentic AI (the...
1/26/2026 11:02:42 AM Major update to ICO international transfers guidance: key takeaways for organisations By Bryony Bacon The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published a major update to its international transfers guidance to help organisations...
1/23/2026 10:21:20 AM NCSC insights into what the CSRB means for the UK’s critical suppliers By Richard Jeens Natalie Donovan The UK’s long‑awaited Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (CSRB) is progressing through Parliament - and it lands at a moment when global...
1/15/2026 4:01:38 PM Digital Fairness Act: European Commission publishes responses to consultation By Ingrid Lauwers On 19 December 2025, the European Commission published a summary report of the responses to its consultation on the Digital Fairness Act...
1/12/2026 12:06:55 PM ICO publishes new guidance on data subject access requests By Cindy Knott The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published updated guidance on data subject access requests (DSARs), reflecting both...
12/19/2025 1:09:10 PM High Court grants Getty permission to appeal copyright aspects of Gen AI claim By Richard Barker The UK High Court has granted Getty Images permission to appeal certain aspects of the court’s findings in Getty’s copyright infringement...
12/11/2025 8:10:36 PM Lessons in online safety: Ofcom’s £1 million fine against AVS and end of year review By Jack Higgins Bryony Bacon Earlier this month, Ofcom published its most significant fine to date – a £1 million fine against adult website provider AVS Limited...
12/11/2025 9:27:38 AM EU proposes single-entry point for cyber incident reporting, but is it really “report once, share many”? By Laura Houston Richard Jeens Christopher Burns Natalie Donovan +1 more... Show less As part of the recently announced Digital Omnibus simplification package (see our blog on that here), the European Commission plans to...
12/9/2025 5:50:29 PM X fined €120m for breaches of EU Digital Services Act – including ‘deceptive’ blue ticks By Catherine O'Callaghan The European Commission has issued its first fine under the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), to X for breaches of transparency obligations...
12/9/2025 8:58:17 AM AI Act changes: What does the Digital Omnibus propose for the EU AI Act? By Laura Houston Natalie Donovan Catherine O'Callaghan Christopher Burns +1 more... Show less The European Commission has outlined a number of proposed amendments to the EU AI Act (the “Act”) to ensure the “timely, smooth and...
11/25/2025 5:17:00 PM Gen AI and copyright in Europe – Munich Regional Court seeks to determine the rules of the playing field By Richard Barker Issabella Cardu In the recent Getty Images v Stability AI decision, the UK High Court rejected Getty’s claim for secondary infringement of UK copyright...
11/25/2025 2:36:32 PM How GenAI risks are reshaping the E&O insurance market insurance industry By Fernanda Dias Natalie Donovan Ross Francis-Pike, Fernanda Dias, Natalie Donovan The insurance market’s understanding of the risks around generative AI (GenAI) is...
11/24/2025 5:05:38 PM Preventing Core Technical Failures: Lessons from the Capita Breach By Rebecca Cousin Natalie Donovan Peter Elkin The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) investigation into Capita’s 2023 cyber attack has concluded with a £14 million fine for the...
11/20/2025 2:37:30 PM What changes does the Digital Omnibus make to the EU GDPR? By Bryony Bacon Major changes to the EU’s data protection regime are included in the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus package, launched on 19...