2/13/2026 3:50:48 PM Commission makes preliminary finding that TikTok’s “addictive design” breaches the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan On 6 February 2026, the European Commission issued preliminary findings that TikTok has breached the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) due to...
2/27/2026 10:03:21 AM Children’s privacy in focus: ICO fines Reddit £14.47m By Bryony Bacon Lewis Mack Whereas 2025 saw the ICO’s penalties firmly aimed at data security and cyber breaches, this year has seen the issue of two significant...
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...
10/31/2025 11:23:50 AM Commission makes preliminary finding that TikTok and Meta may have breached DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that both TikTok and Meta have breached transparency obligations under the...
9/9/2025 2:18:28 PM Zalando loses its challenge against DSA VLOP designation By Catherine O'Callaghan On 3 September 2025, the General Court of the European Union delivered the first major judicial interpretation of the DSA in its...
10/17/2025 7:54:55 PM UK and EU ramp up online safety enforcement: Ofcom issues first OSA fine as Commission probes child protection under DSA By Jack Higgins Catherine O'Callaghan Online safety matters continue to make headlines in the UK and EU, with Ofcom this week providing an update on its recent enforcement...
2/20/2024 6:12:11 PM DSA now fully in force By Catherine O'Callaghan As of 17 February 2024, the EU’s Digital Services Act (“DSA”) is now fully in force for all in-scope intermediary service providers. For...
8/5/2024 3:46:43 PM 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...
8/25/2023 6:32:18 PM DSA now in force for largest platforms By Catherine O'Callaghan Today, 25 August 2023, the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) takes effect for very large online platforms and search engines – the so-called...
12/21/2023 10:46:29 AM EU opens proceedings against X for possible breaches of the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan X has become the first company to have formal proceedings for potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) launched against it...
11/26/2019 4:30:21 PM Is now a good time for a UK digital services tax? By Zoe Andrews The message was clear at last week's OECD public consultation on the reform of the international tax rules that there is a need to fix...
5/5/2022 4:35:52 PM No longer “too big to care”: EU’s Digital Services Act takes aim at Musk and online platforms By Richard McDonnell Elon Musk’s free speech driven Twitter bid coincides with the EU reaching political agreement on its Digital Services Act. Elon Musk’s...
2/26/2025 8:39:37 AM Interaction of EU digital laws and regulators: EDPB and EDPS views By Rebecca Cousin The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have separately weighed in with their...
6/8/2020 5:46:27 PM A crackdown on illegal content – but at what cost? Debate around the EU’s online liability overhaul By Slaughter and May On 2 June 2020 the European Commission launched an official consultation seeking views on its proposed implementation of a new Digital...
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...
2/4/2025 7:01:25 PM DSARs: Implications of recent legal updates By Rebecca Cousin Hilal Temel The challenges of complying with the ever-increasing volume of data subject access requests (DSARs) was a topic for discussion at our...