21 Mar, 2024 Who’s who? ICO clarifies rules for biometric recognition By Rebecca Cousin Facial recognition has been in the headlines over the last year, both in usage by police and more widely, such as shops identifying known...
20 Mar, 2024 Amazon in the firing line as UK Supreme Court tackles targeting By Richard Barker The UK Supreme Court has confirmed that Amazon infringed Lifestyle Equities’ UK and EU trade marks by offering for sale certain third...
14 Mar, 2024 Data scraping: ICO’s first attempt at legal clarity By Slaughter and May Data scraping or “web scraping” has various definitions but essentially means the process of gathering, copying or extracting information...
13 Mar, 2024 Are you ready for the EU AI Act? Final vote in the European Parliament passed today By Natalie Donovan The EU AI Act has passed one of its final hurdles before becoming law. While provisional political agreement on the Act was reached...
13 Mar, 2024 ICO Consultation Series on Gen AI: Second Call By Slaughter and May The ICO has launched its second call for evidence as part of its consultation series on data privacy and generative AI. The ICO’s first...
08 Mar, 2024 “Pay or consent” models – a way forward? By Cindy Knott This week the ICO launched a call for views on the use of “pay or consent” models in the context of ad-funded online business models,...
07 Mar, 2024 European Commission fines Apple €1.8 billion for anti-competitive App Store rules By Slaughter and May The European Commission has this week imposed a €1.8 billion fine on Apple for abusing its dominant position in the market for the...