Sep 18, 2024 Cyber optics: ICO and NCA sign collaborative memorandum to improve the UK’s cyber resilience By Alex Buchanan On 10 September 2024, the ICO announced it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). The joint...
Sep 16, 2024 Designating UK Data Centres as Critical National Infrastructure: A New Era of Growth and Security? By James Cook Aaron Wu We shared some views back in December 2023 around the UK government’s consultation on proposed regulations to improve the security and...
Sep 13, 2024 Who’s who in the genAI supply chain: ICO publishes draft guidance on controllership By Cindy Knott In its fifth and final call for evidence on the topic of generative AI (genAI), the ICO has chosen to tackle a complex, but important,...
Sep 12, 2024 The EU Data Act - one year to go: what you need to know to prepare By Jonathan Slade Laura Houston Whether you want to explore different aftercare services for the IoT products you use, switch your cloud service provider, or agree...
Aug 19, 2024 Things get Emotional as Court of Appeal says ANN inventions do engage computer program exclusion By Laura Monaghan We have previously discussed (here, here and here) the exclusion of computer programs from UK patentability and its significance to the...
Aug 15, 2024 Hong Kong Introduces Regulatory Regime for Stablecoin Issuers By Vincent Chan Despite its name, the global stablecoin market has been far from stable in recent years. In response, regulators and governments across...
Aug 15, 2024 Process this: ICO issues £6 million provisional fine against processor Advanced Computer Software By Alex Buchanan Following its initial finding that software provider Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced, now trading as OneAdvanced) failed...
Aug 13, 2024 Talking AI with the experts - Faculty explain compliance through a technical lens By Natalie Donovan We know that AI raises a wide range of legal risks, and that you need to understand enough about how the technology works to fully...
Aug 06, 2024 Time is money: Court of Appeal confirms interest is payable on, and limitation periods do not apply to, past royalties due in FRAND claims By Peter Elkin The Court of Appeal has handed down its much anticipated decision in the FRAND licence dispute between InterDigital and Lenovo. Both...
Aug 05, 2024 European Commission finds X in breach of the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan In another reminder that the Commission is actively enforcing the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), X (formerly Twitter) has been sent the...
Aug 01, 2024 EU AI Act in force today By Natalie Donovan The EU AI Act entered into force today (1st August), 20 days after it was published in the Official Journal. As mentioned in my previous...
Aug 01, 2024 EU, UK and US competition authorities publish shared principles for competition in AI By Paul Walter On 23 July 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority, the European Commission, the US Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade...
Jul 24, 2024 How should privacy teams be managing AI? By Cindy Knott Bryony Bacon Not a week goes by without AI making the headline news, one of the latest items being the landmark EU AI Act entering into force on 1...
Jul 24, 2024 Good Governance around AI – what does it require? By Natalie Donovan Rob Sumroy As AI adoption increases, and new AI laws, regulation and guidance are published, organisations are rightly focussing on their AI...
Jul 23, 2024 New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech By Ralie Belcheva In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and...
Jul 19, 2024 The wallet revolution: FCA and PSR publish call for information on Big Tech and digital wallets By Emily Bradley Jennyfer Moreau How did you pay for your coffee today? Because the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) are...