7/17/2026 2:06:27 PM CJEU confirms no communication to the public where effective geo-blocking used By Richard Barker The CJEU has confirmed, in Anne Frank Fonds (Case C-788/24), that there will be no communication to the public, for copyright purposes,...
7/17/2026 10:45:32 AM OSA categorisation: Who has been named and what’s coming next? By Tayla Byatt Bryony Bacon Laura Houston Will Manley +1 more... Show less Last week Ofcom published its register of categorised services, naming those platforms subject to additional obligations under the Online...
7/15/2026 3:16:31 PM Anonymous to whom? The EDPB's new draft guidelines on Anonymisation By Henry Pelling Cindy Knott The question of whether data is anonymous, and therefore outside the scope of the GDPR, has become increasingly important in a world of...
7/14/2026 3:27:29 PM What the Mills Review says about AI in financial services By Selmin Hakki The Mills Review is the FCA’s most recent attempt to work out how AI will reshape retail financial services by 2030. It arrives against...
7/14/2026 8:21:30 AM Meta Joins TikTok in the Commission's Crosshairs Over 'Addictive Design' Under the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan Laura Houston Will Manley Natalie Donovan Bryony Bacon +2 more... Show less On 10 July 2026, the European Commission issued preliminary findings that Meta has breached the Digital Services Act ("DSA") for what it...
6/29/2026 10:19:53 AM Cyber Updates for Your Radar By George Mole Natalie Donovan Laura Houston It’s been a busy time in the world of cyber. The fallout from Anthropic’s Mythos model continues (see our April blog) with new regulatory...
6/25/2026 6:41:38 PM Hong Kong’s cybercrime “reset”: a five‑offence blueprint for reform By Jason Cheng Hong Kong is overhauling its fragmented cybercrime regime. In response to an increasingly complex threat landscape, driven by AI‑enabled...
6/25/2026 3:28:52 PM First court case win for AI-powered law firm By Ross Francis-Pike Tom Baines The use of AI in Court proceedings has hit the headlines for the wrong reasons recently. Pinsent Masons found itself in the spotlight...
6/24/2026 3:31:48 PM CMA settles second drip pricing investigation with its direct enforcement toolkit By Tim Blanchard Steven Miller Following the announcement last week of a settlement with Marks Electrical, the CMA has now announced a settlement with StubHub UK for...
6/19/2026 11:33:04 AM CMA settles with Marks Electrical over investigation into pre-selected extra charges By Tim Blanchard Steven Miller The CMA has ordered appliances retailer Marks Electrical to refund around £600,000 to nearly 40,000 customers and pay a £720,000 fine for...
6/17/2026 12:26:10 PM A Look at the Annex 1 and 3 EU AI Act Guidelines on High-Risk Systems By Issy Spiro On 19 May 2026, the Commission published draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems. In our previous blog we provided...
6/17/2026 7:37:58 AM UK to ban social media for under-16s: A “line in the sand” By Catherine O'Callaghan Will Manley Laura Houston Bryony Bacon +1 more... Show less The UK Government has announced plans to ban social media platforms from offering services to children under 16. The announcement is one...
6/16/2026 11:24:45 AM Transparency of AI-Generated Content – EU Publishes Code of Practice By Lily Latimer Smith Laura Houston Will Manley Catherine O'Callaghan +1 more... Show less After consulting on two previous drafts in the last six months, the Commission published its Code of Practice on Transparency of...
6/10/2026 3:44:37 PM Who answers for AI? First UK claim filed against AI company over Grok deepfakes By Ross Francis-Pike Amelia Tai Labour MP Jess Asato has filed what is believed to be the first English law claim concerning non-consensual intimate deepfakes in the...
6/9/2026 9:20:44 AM European Commission Fines Temu €200 Million Under the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan Laura Houston Will Manley Natalie Donovan +1 more... Show less The European Commission has issued a landmark €200 million fine against Temu for breaching the Digital Services Act (“DSA”). The...
6/8/2026 10:33:44 AM Privilege and AI hallucinations By Ross Francis-Pike Emily Thornton AI use by lawyers has hit the headlines recently, with a number of high profile judgments on this topic from courts in both the UK and...