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Frustrated by repeatedly missing out on the PlayStation 5 console during lockdown? Andrew Taplin and Leah Grolman look at ‘scalping’ and what can be done to prevent it in the absence of legislation.
Norton extends refund rights after CMA action, ICO imposes monetary penalty on Papa John’s for unlawful marketing messages, Ofcom seeks views on media plurality and media ownership rules, and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website
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In certain circumstances, a national supervisory authority may exercise its power to bring an alleged infringement of the GDPR before a court of an EU member state, although that authority is not the lead supervisory authority regarding that data processing.
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Coran Darling looks at the recent guidance for video sharing platforms that fills a void left by delays to the Online Safety regime and ponders what comes next
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CMA concerned that their market power is harming users and other businesses
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The decision emphasises the importance of investment by the database maker.
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The CMA has secured commitments from Google to address concerns about Google’s proposal to remove third-party cookies on Chrome and work with them on the Privacy Sandbox.
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ICO fines three companies £415,000 for nuisance marketing, CMA publishes responses to its consultation on algorithms and consumer harm, BEIS consults on the future of connected and automated mobility and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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In the first of a two part article, Ben Kaplinsky examines the causes of WWI and how the failure of legislators contributed to the carnage of the trenches. In Part 2, to be published in July, he will apply some of those lessons to our technological revolution of today.
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Michael Nga and Madeleine Weber look at some of the copyright issues that a potential buyer of an NFT artwork should think about
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Peter Yapp, our regular contributor on cybersecurity, looks at why you should take note of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 which aims to manage national security risks associated with international business
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SCCs are for use between controllers and processors and for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
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Leah Gardner identifies some of the common stumbling blocks for suppliers and users reviewing their licensing arrangements
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The CMA is assessing if Facebook uses information to benefit its own services while the European Commission is considering if Facebook violated EU rules by gathering data from advertisers to compete with them in providing classified ads.
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Conservative Party sent 51 marketing emails in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 in July 2019
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Minesh Tanna summarises the main points of the Draft EU AI Regulation set to make its way through the EU law making process over the next few years
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Working together for the common good – challenges and opportunities for the tech law community
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