12/11/2025 8:10:36 PM Lessons in online safety: Ofcom’s £1 million fine against AVS and end of year review By Jack Higgins Bryony Bacon Earlier this month, Ofcom published its most significant fine to date – a £1 million fine against adult website provider AVS Limited...
12/11/2025 9:27:38 AM EU proposes single-entry point for cyber incident reporting, but is it really “report once, share many”? By Laura Houston Richard Jeens Christopher Burns Natalie Donovan +1 more... Show less As part of the recently announced Digital Omnibus simplification package (see our blog on that here), the European Commission plans to...
12/9/2025 5:50:29 PM X fined €120m for breaches of EU Digital Services Act – including ‘deceptive’ blue ticks By Catherine O'Callaghan The European Commission has issued its first fine under the Digital Services Act (“DSA”), to X for breaches of transparency obligations...
12/9/2025 8:58:17 AM AI Act changes: What does the Digital Omnibus propose for the EU AI Act? By Laura Houston Natalie Donovan Catherine O'Callaghan Christopher Burns +1 more... Show less The European Commission has outlined a number of proposed amendments to the EU AI Act (the “Act”) to ensure the “timely, smooth and...
11/25/2025 5:17:00 PM Gen AI and copyright in Europe – Munich Regional Court seeks to determine the rules of the playing field By Richard Barker Issabella Cardu In the recent Getty Images v Stability AI decision, the UK High Court rejected Getty’s claim for secondary infringement of UK copyright...
11/25/2025 2:36:32 PM How GenAI risks are reshaping the E&O insurance market insurance industry By Fernanda Dias Natalie Donovan Ross Francis-Pike, Fernanda Dias, Natalie Donovan The insurance market’s understanding of the risks around generative AI (GenAI) is...
11/24/2025 5:05:38 PM Preventing Core Technical Failures: Lessons from the Capita Breach By Rebecca Cousin Natalie Donovan Peter Elkin The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) investigation into Capita’s 2023 cyber attack has concluded with a £14 million fine for the...
11/20/2025 2:37:30 PM What changes does the Digital Omnibus make to the EU GDPR? By Bryony Bacon Major changes to the EU’s data protection regime are included in the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus package, launched on 19...
11/20/2025 11:29:52 AM BREAKING: EU announces major digital and data simplification package and delay to AI Act By Laura Houston Christopher Burns The European Commission has published its long-awaited “Digital Omnibus” simplification package, with significant changes proposed to a...
11/20/2025 8:50:11 AM CSRB finally published – how will this new cyber law affect you? By Natalie Donovan The UK’s cyber threat is on the rise. From headlines about major breaches at household names, to stark NCSC statistics (including a 50%...
11/18/2025 3:45:48 PM CMA launches first investigations under UK’s enhanced consumer protection regime By Lisa Wright Tim Blanchard Josephine Rabinowitz Today the CMA announced its first investigations under the enhanced consumer protection regime that came into force in April. The...
11/17/2025 2:50:11 PM You've been warned! Learnings from non-cyber regulatory action and litigation By Cindy Knott Despite cyber-attacks dominating the media headlines this year, including against Marks and Spencer, the Co-op and Jaguar Land Rover, the...
11/5/2025 5:53:56 PM BREAKING: UK High Court hands down decision in Getty Images v Stability AI By Richard Barker Yesterday, the UK High Court handed down its highly anticipated decision in Getty Images v Stability AI. The headline is that Getty’s...
10/31/2025 11:23:50 AM Commission makes preliminary finding that TikTok and Meta may have breached DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that both TikTok and Meta have breached transparency obligations under the...
10/21/2025 3:04:08 PM Same Warnings. Same Threats. Bigger Consequences… Increase in highly and nationally significant cyber-attacks in 2025, NCSC announces. By Calum Scott It feels like we cannot go more than a couple of weeks without news of a cyber attack hitting the headlines. With household names such as...
10/21/2025 1:32:18 PM Can Brussels change? One year after Draghi – the EU's Digital Simplification Package By Christopher Burns On 16 September 2025, almost a year after the European Commission published the landmark Draghi Report on lagging European...