Dec 17, 2021 Privacy implications of new COVID-19 pass checks: UK Government and ICO issue important guidance By Lucie van Gils With the Omicron variant leading to rapid increases in COVID-19 infection rates, the Government has in the last few weeks published a...
Dec 16, 2021 New UK Cyber Strategy promotes ‘whole-of-society’ approach By Natalie Donovan We’d been promised the UK’s new National Cyber Strategy in Q4 2021 and yesterday (15th December), just before the Christmas break, it...
Dec 16, 2021 Key data privacy developments in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 By Cindy Knott As another eventful year closes, data privacy developments have continued apace and there is more to expect to in 2022. In the UK for...
Dec 13, 2021 Cyber Essentials update for 2022 By Natalie Donovan On 24 January 2022, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will introduce the biggest update to Cyber Essentials’ technical controls...
Dec 09, 2021 New AI assurance roadmap published – is this the route to safe AI? By Natalie Donovan The UK government’s expert body for AI (the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation or CDEI) has published “the world’s first roadmap to...
Dec 07, 2021 UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts By Slaughter and May Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...
Dec 06, 2021 A groundbreaking change for the internet of things? By Slaughter and May The UK Government has published new “groundbreaking” rules to protect our smart devices from an increased cyber threat, including large...
Dec 03, 2021 A tale of two fines…lessons from the ICO actions against the Cabinet Office and Clearview AI By Bryony Bacon Uh oh. That field was supposed to be deleted, not just hidden…. It is a very easy mistake to make particularly when a number of people...
Nov 24, 2021 ‘Are we human, or are we dancer?’ UKIPO rethinks IP protection for AI-generated works By Laura Monaghan The Killers, in their song ‘Human’, ponder whether human tendencies hold us back when opportunity presents itself. So too, the UK...
Nov 22, 2021 A busy week for cyber: new rules for digital service providers and supply chains? By Natalie Donovan Last week was a busy week for cyber. The Government published its response to both its call for views on the security of digital supply...
Nov 17, 2021 Anti-virus subscription contracts: time to renew your practice By Calum Scott The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published compliance principles on 19 October 2021 concerning auto-renewal for anti-virus...
Nov 16, 2021 Will you be ready when quantum breaks encryption? Steps to take now to prepare… By Natalie Donovan While the potential opportunities quantum brings are impressive, the seismic risk it poses to current encryption methods cannot be...
Nov 12, 2021 Lloyd v Google LLC: Supreme Court judgment makes it personal By Cindy Knott Background: old facts, new claim? This case (and the now-settled Vidal-Hall claims) all derive from Google’s alleged historic use of the...
Nov 10, 2021 UK CBCD? Still TBC By Tim Fosh Yesterday John Glen, the economic secretary to the Treasury, made a statement on the progress made regarding the development of a UK...
Nov 10, 2021 The beginning of the end? Google loses General Court challenge over Shopping fine By Lucy Chambers Today the General Court, the EU’s second highest court, largely dismissed Google’s challenge to the European Commission’s 2017 finding...
Nov 04, 2021 Open Source Software enforcement – helping to reduce e-waste? By Matthew Harman The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has commenced litigation in the US against smart TV manufacturer Vizio for alleged breaches of...