This Week's Techlaw News Round-Up

ICO fines Just Hype, UK government publishes response to AI select committee report, Royal Society publishes report on vaccine passports and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw developments.

Reliance Losses and Exclusion Clauses: Co-Op v IBM

Lynne McCafferty QC and Richard Osborne on the lessons to be learnt from the decision in CIS General Insurance Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd where the claimants were seeking reliance losses following a repudiatory breach.

Annual Data Protection Update 2021

February issue of Computers & Law out now

Members can download the digital issue now

EVENT REPORT: IT Contracts 101 for the Trainee Lawyers group

Faith Edmunds and Nanret Senok report on a highly successful, hands on session presented by Alison Berryman

Leave.EU fails to overturn rulings on consent for marketing content in political emails

Consent given by Leave.EU subscribers to Brexit-related emails did not constitute freely given, informed, and specific consent to the inclusion of an insurance promotion

An XML schema is a copyright literary work but not a database, says High Court

Intellectual Property Enterprise Court considers IP rights in XML formats

Data protection non-negotiable in international trade agreements, says EDPS

The European Data Protection Supervisor made his comments in an opinion on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU.

Employee fails to assert copyright in software despite developing in own time

Employer owned copyright in software created during course of employment

The Digital Services Act and the Future Of The Internet

Uber's app means drivers are workers, says Supreme Court

Supreme Court distinguishes Uber service from other booking apps and upheld the employment tribunal decision that Uber drivers are workers.

This Week's Techlaw News Round-Up

ICO launches data analytics toolkit, ICO issues fines for nuisance calls, CMA says Gumtree purchase raises competition concerns, Penrose review published on competition and consumer law, and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw developments.

UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of Lawtech UK consults on digital dispute resolution rules

The key objective is to tailor dispute resolution procedures to the distinctive features of new technologies such as smart contracts

Roll-out of digital vaccine passport not currently justified says Ada Lovelace Institute

Institute publishes report of rapid review of COVID vaccine passports and status apps.

Digital Services Act: Linked infographic

Kuan Hon's infographic summarising the key points of the Digital Services Act and linking to relevant provisions

BAILII & AI: A Step Forward

BAILII has granted Oxford University unprecedented access to case data for AI analysis in historic agreement. Imogen Palmer and Mark O'Conor look at what that could mean for lawyers.

SCL Student Bytes event: Celebrating Women Leaders in Tech Law - Monday 8 March 2021 @ 6 pm

On International Women's Day a panel of inspirational women share their experiences and insights of building a career in tech law.

SCL event: "Why Brexit made IT Law bad for IT businesses" - Tuesday 9 March 2021 @ 4 pm