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...
04 Apr 2022 Key themes for 2022: an interview with tech partner Laura Houston By Natalie Donovan I recently interviewed Laura Houston, a partner in our tech group, about the key themes she is currently discussing with clients in the...
30 Mar 2022 Who will guard the 'gatekeepers': EU one step closer to regulating Big Tech By Kadambari Chinoy The European Union's institutions came together at the midnight bell, on 25 March 2022 and reached provisional political agreement on the...
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...
16 Feb 2022 Some reflections (and concerns) over the ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ By Charles MacRae As the legal, business and political communities continue to consider the implications and likely outcomes of the UK’s government’s...
07 Feb 2022 Cryptoasset promotions: sweat the small stuff By Elizabeth George The FCA has published a consultation paper setting out its approach to strengthening its financial promotion rules for high risk...
28 Jan 2022 General Court annuls European Commission’s 2009 €1.06 billion fine on Intel By Katie Hudson Thirteen years after the European Commission imposed a EUR 1.06bn fine on US chipmaker Intel on charges of abusing its market dominance...
21 Jan 2022 European Commission expresses competition concerns with consumer Internet of Things sector By Alexander Chadd The European Commission has published its final report in its inquiry into the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) sector, confirming its...
21 Jan 2022 Biting off more than they can chew? French regulator issues more cookie fines to Big Tech By Charles MacRae On the last day of 2021, the French regulator, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), issued fines to...
19 Jan 2022 Crypto: Promo Go Slow By Tim Fosh What feels several lifetimes ago in the world of crypto, in July 2020, HM Treasury published a consultation on bringing cryptoassets into...
14 Jan 2022 New AI standards hub launched in UK By Natalie Donovan This week the government launched a new AI standards initiative as part of its AI strategy (see my blog from last September for...
16 Dec 2021 Key data privacy developments in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 By Cindy Knott As another eventful year closes, data privacy developments have continued apace and there is more to expect to in 2022. In the UK for...
07 Dec 2021 UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts By Georgina Hoy Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the...
04 Nov 2021 Open Source Software enforcement – helping to reduce e-waste? By Matthew Harman The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has commenced litigation in the US against smart TV manufacturer Vizio for alleged breaches of...
21 Oct 2021 Is the UK getting tough on cookies? The ICO responds to the Government’s plans By Edmund Berney The ICO and the UK Government agree that the current approach to regulating cookies doesn’t work, for people or businesses - ‘Cookie...