2/26/2024 10:35:18 AM A “missed economic opportunity”: the European Commission publishes its Digital Infrastructure White Paper By Phoebe McGibbon James Cook On 21st February, the European Commission (EC) published a White Paper titled “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?”. ...
2/21/2024 12:40:00 PM Cautionary tales for privacy compliance from Hong Kong’s Privacy Commissioner By Lewis Mack Wynne Mok Jason Cheng At the end of 2023 Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) published two investigation reports with...
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...
2/20/2024 2:43:29 PM Not For Today! UK Government rejects Committee recommendations to address NFT IP concerns By Slaughter and May In October last year, the Culture, Media and Sport (“CMS”) Committee of the UK House of Commons published a report entitled “NFTs and the...
2/20/2024 10:12:10 AM “I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” – back to square one after UK government abandons voluntary code of practice on copyright and AI By Ioanna Antcheva The UK government confirmed in its recent AI white paper consultation response (more on that here) that the technical working group...
2/19/2024 4:56:00 PM New boundaries for digital markets? European Commission updates guidance on market definition By Jennyfer Moreau On 8 February 2024, the European Commission unveiled updated guidance on its approach to defining markets when enforcing EU competition...
2/8/2024 4:40:36 PM ICO to continue issuing warnings on cookie compliance By Hilal Temel Bryony Bacon Last week the ICO announced it had received an ‘overwhelmingly positive response’ to the warnings it issued last November to 53 of the...
2/8/2024 3:46:21 PM Fake reviews and ‘hidden’ online fees to be banned under new digital markets and consumer protection rules By Tim Blanchard Jennyfer Moreau In a bid to better protect consumers from deceptive practices in the digital economy, the UK Department for Business and Trade announced...
2/8/2024 9:46:47 AM New AI rules on the horizon for GenAI? UK Government response to AI white paper By Natalie Donovan The Westminster government confirmed this week that the UK “is on course for more agile AI regulation.” We’ve known for some time that it...
2/1/2024 11:26:04 AM Watch out! Court of Appeal confirms Samsung liable for trade mark infringing watch face apps By Slaughter and May The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s decision finding Samsung liable for trade mark infringement as a primary tortfeasor where...