29 May, 2024 Tech companies to see digital regulation come to the UK By Annalisa Tosdevin More than a year after its first reading in the House of Commons, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 received Royal...
28 May, 2024 Tech firms told to ‘tame toxic algorithms’ as Ofcom publishes child safety consultation By Jack Higgins On 8 May, Ofcom published its child safety consultation as part of its ongoing implementation of the Online Safety Act (‘OSA’)....
24 May, 2024 The Automated Vehicles Act 2024 becomes law in the UK By Scott Cormack On 20 May 2024 the UK passed the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (“the Act”). With regulation widely seen as one of the primary hurdles to...
23 May, 2024 Equality in AI: The EHRC’s Updated Approach to Regulating AI in the Workplace By Clare Fletcher David Rintoul As the potential for AI technologies to transform the workplace comes into ever greater focus, and as the capabilities of those...
22 May, 2024 Ofcom Publishes Strategic Approach to AI By Catherine O'Callaghan Ofcom has published its strategic approach to AI 2024/2025 setting out how the communications regulator plans to approach AI in the...
22 May, 2024 EU AI Act to become law this summer By Natalie Donovan The final vote on the EU AI Act was passed yesterday (21st May), clearing the way for the Act to come into effect this summer. While...
22 May, 2024 Cyber threats evolving as a result of new technologies, warns ICO By Ollie Cantrill Cyber attacks are happening more frequently and will become increasingly sophisticated thanks to new technologies– organisations need to...
20 May, 2024 Smarter regulation? Data privacy impact of the Government’s deregulation agenda By Rebecca Cousin On 16 May 2024, the UK Government released a White Paper on “Smarter Regulation: Delivering a regulatory environment for innovation,...
18 May, 2024 ICO looks at individuals’ rights in GenAI By Cindy Knott The fourth chapter of the ICO’s s series consulting on GenAI focusses on individuals’ rights and how to engineer these into GenAI models....
16 May, 2024 ANNd here we go: UK IPO releases its updated guidelines for examining patent applications relating to AI By Issy Spiro Last week, the UK IPO released its updated guidelines for examining patent applications relating to AI. This hotly anticipated re-release...
08 May, 2024 ICO and Ofcom set out collaboration on supervision of online services By Rebecca Cousin The ICO and Ofcom have published a joint statement on how they will collaborate to implement the vision they set out in their 2022...
07 May, 2024 ICO publishes strategic approach to AI By Natalie Donovan On 1st May, the ICO published it strategic approach to regulating AI. This was in response to a government request asking key regulators...
07 May, 2024 Am I hallucinating? ICO consults on accuracy in GenAI By Rebecca Cousin The ICO has published the latest chapter in its series consulting on GenAI, this one focussing on accuracy. As we know, accuracy is a key...
03 May, 2024 How are your competitors managing cyber risk? Latest UK Government research on cyber published By Christopher Burns While we know that cyber preparedness is important, it can be difficult for businesses to assess if they are doing enough. Helpfully, the...
01 May, 2024 Tackling AI risk in financial services: existing regulatory framework declared well equipped, for now By Emily Bradley On 22 April 2024 the Bank of England, PRA and FCA confirmed their view that the existing regulatory framework is well equipped to capture...