30 Jul, 2021 Time’s tikking for privacy notices aimed at children: TikTok fined in the Netherlands and the ICO’s Children’s Code nears the end of its grace period By Slaughter and May Transparency is arguably one of the most important principles of the GDPR. Without it, data subjects are unaware of how their personal...
29 Jul, 2021 Can data trusts help unlock the value of your data? By Natalie Donovan Managing responsible and efficient data sharing is vital for businesses in an increasingly digital age. It is also key to realising the...
27 Jul, 2021 Small issue, big consequences; increased regulatory focus on the GDPR representative requirement By Slaughter and May Those of us working in data privacy compliance have had a busy few years; we have been particularly occupied with the many 'big ticket'...
23 Jul, 2021 The consequences of paying with data By Cindy Knott Never has the use of data had a bigger impact in our lives as consumers. However, there is a growing concern that individuals are losing...
22 Jul, 2021 Statutory damages for IP infringement: ‘It’s a wonderful world’? By Slaughter and May It is one thing to own an IP right in the UK. It is another thing entirely to actually enforce an IP right in the UK courts. First, you...
20 Jul, 2021 UK government consulting on new "world-leading" pro-competition regime for digital markets By Annalisa Tosdevin The UK government is seeking views on its proposed pro-competition regime for digital markets. This is the latest step towards...
19 Jul, 2021 British Airways negotiates the settlement of mass data claim By Anna Broadley In December, I attempted to forecast what 2021 might bring in relation to mass claims in the data sphere. The big unknown remains, as we...
16 Jul, 2021 No fine too small: ICO fines Mermaids £25,000 for personal data breach By Ioanna Antcheva Last week, the ICO fined the charity Mermaids £25,000 for failure to implement an appropriate level of organisational and technical...
14 Jul, 2021 'You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no': is the UPC back on (again)? By Slaughter and May Katy Perry and patent law might not seem to be obvious bedfellows. However, the lyrics to her hit song Hot n Cold do capture rather well...
13 Jul, 2021 European Commission to update supply agreement rules for digital era By Annalisa Tosdevin The European Commission has published its draft updated rules on supply agreements, namely the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)...
09 Jul, 2021 ‘Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio’: should online radio be built on rock n roll? By Slaughter and May Internet radio has come a long way since Starship’s hit song ‘We Built This City’ in 1985. Rather than be confined by digital file...
07 Jul, 2021 DCMS sets out "new, ground-breaking approach" to governing tech in UK By Annalisa Tosdevin The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport yesterday published its Plan for Digital Regulation. The plan openly capitalises on...
07 Jul, 2021 Strategy and Accountability in Digital Trade Deals By Matthew Harman On the day the UK government announced the start of negotiations on a new breed of "Digital Economy Agreement" between the UK and...
07 Jul, 2021 Head in the clouds? Codes of conduct may be the way forward By Natalie Donovan There have been discussions for some time now about how standards and codes of conduct can help regulate the (broadly divergent) cloud...
06 Jul, 2021 Peterson v Google LLC: a “so what?” for copyright? By Slaughter and May Should online platforms like YouTube and Uploaded be liable for copyright infringing content posted by their users? This was the critical...
05 Jul, 2021 Ban facial recognition in public: EDPB calls for new AI law to be tougher By Natalie Donovan The EU’s groundbreaking AI proposals (see our Lens Blog), published 21 April 2021, have been broadly welcomed by the EU’s top data...