22 Jan, 2024 ICO develops generative AI guidance By Rebecca Cousin Generative AI is now ever present, giving rise to new questions and challenges both on the work and home front. My kids' school were...
18 Jan, 2024 Is your website cookie compliant? ICO issues warning By Hilal Temel We’ve known for some time now that cookie compliance is on the ICO’s radar. However, recent ICO action confirms that now is the time to...
10 Jan, 2024 NCSC Publishes Guidelines on Secure AI System Development: a Concerted International Approach By Charles MacRae Everyone’s talking about AI at the moment (see our round-up of recent developments here and here). A consensus is building across...
21 Dec, 2023 EU opens proceedings against X for possible breaches of the DSA By Catherine O'Callaghan X has become the first company to have formal proceedings for potential breaches of the Digital Services Act (“DSA”) launched against it...
08 Dec, 2023 US Data & Trust Alliance announce first cross-industry standards for data provenance By Richard Barker As AI continues to dominate the headlines, one word that is consistently cropping up is “transparency” - particularly in relation to the...
27 Sep, 2023 'Groundbreaking' online safety law finally passes By Jack Higgins The UK’s new Online Safety Bill has finally been agreed, over two years after it was first introduced. The OSB, which the government...
25 Sep, 2023 New one-stop shop for UK AI and digital regulation By Natalie Donovan The Government announced last week that, as part of its plans to design and deliver an AI regulatory framework, the DRCF will pilot a new...
06 Jun, 2023 UK Government’s White Paper on AI Regulation Gets Stamp of Approval from CMA By Lucy Chambers It’s good to get a gold star on your homework, particularly when that homework relates to the future of AI regulation in the UK. On 1...
28 Mar, 2023 Towards a fair and innovative data economy: European Parliament backs new EU Data Act By Dr Nele Dhondt Jordan Ellison Alexander Chadd The European Parliament (EP) has backed new rules for access to, and use of, data generated in the EU across economic sectors making a...
14 Feb, 2023 Faces and breaches: ICO doubles down on tailored approach to UK data enforcement By Alex Buchanan In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers....
26 Jan, 2023 ICO tech report highlights privacy challenges for four key technologies By Natalie Donovan The ICO is encouraging developers to consider privacy at an early stage when implementing new technologies and, in its first annual...
24 Nov, 2022 ICO warns immature biometric technologies could discriminate, and organisations may be investigated By Natalie Donovan The ICO has warned organisations to carefully assess the risks if considering using emotion analysis technologies as they will be...
18 Nov, 2022 The ICO publishes tips on how to improve your use of AI By Natalie Donovan The ICO has published new AI guidance, setting out its top tips on how to use AI and personal data appropriately and lawfully. It can...
05 May, 2022 No longer “too big to care”: EU’s Digital Services Act takes aim at Musk and online platforms By Richard McDonnell Elon Musk’s free speech driven Twitter bid coincides with the EU reaching political agreement on its Digital Services Act. Elon Musk’s...
28 Apr, 2022 Google responds to CNIL Cookie Fine – ‘Reject All’ now on equal footing By Charles MacRae Google has announced the completion of “a full redesign” of its cookie consent practices and the “infrastructure” it uses to handle...
23 Mar, 2022 Buckling up the UK’s digital seat belts: Online Safety Bill covering ‘basic protections for the digital age’ introduced to Parliament By Richard McDonnell The UK took a major step on Thursday towards establishing the world’s first online safety laws with the introduction of the Online Safety...