27 May, 2021 UK to capitalise on post Brexit independence in new data strategy By Natalie Donovan Last week was a busy one in the world of data - the UK Government published its response to the National Data Strategy consultation, and...
26 May, 2021 A Digital Picture is Worth a Thousand Ether: NFTs and Digital Art By Ian Ranson Recent months have seen an explosion in the popularity (and value) of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT is a unique (non-fungible)...
26 May, 2021 NCSC says think twice about using DLT By Ian Ranson The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) recently published a short whitepaper on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to help...
21 May, 2021 We can work it out – competition and data regulators agree blueprint for cooperation in digital markets By Paul Walter On 19 May 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office (the Authorities) published a joint...
18 May, 2021 NFTs – “pegging value to virality”? By Slaughter and May Are they the next big thing or is it all hype? Will they revolutionise the art world or destroy it? Whatever your view, non-fungible...
13 May, 2021 Free cyber alert service and new guidance launched by NCSC at flagship conference By Natalie Donovan On the first day of its CYBERUK 2021 conference, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published updated 10 steps to cyber security...
11 May, 2021 On the AI and IP pulse: the results of the UKIPO’s call for views By Slaughter and May AI and IP have been on a collision course for some time, in need of some legislative intervention. Last year, the UK Intellectual...
10 May, 2021 Reporting ransomware payments and regulating cryptocurrencies: international task force publishes new plan to tackle ransomware By Natalie Donovan As a new international action plan calls for urgent action to tackle ransomware, the NCSC reminds organisations of what steps they can...
05 May, 2021 Cyber-security in the era of remote working: FCA publishes insights from its 2020 Cyber Coordination Groups By Emily Bradley The FCA has published a summary of insights from its 2020 Cyber Co-ordination Groups (CCG) meetings, which aim to help firms share...
05 May, 2021 Europe’s groundbreaking AI Act: are “superfines” the price to pay for trust in tech? By Slaughter and May The EU broke new ground on 21 April 2021 by issuing the draft of its proposed harmonised legal framework on AI (the "AI Act"), the first...