CMA expects Facebook and eBay to tackle sale of fake online reviews

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a programme of work aimed at tackling fake and misleading online reviews

Ofcom consults on promoting competition and investment in fibre networks

Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #2

In the second of our series of this year's Student Essay prize winners, runner-up Jordan Briggs thinks technology could provide the answers to the problem of harmful content.

Directed Acyclic Graphs: the need for attention from data protection authorities

Anne Rose explains an evolution in distributed ledger technology and raises some potential GDPR pitfalls

Weekly Techlaw News Round-Up

A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site

Adtech: ICO wants to see changes in how personal data is used in real time bidding

The ICO has published an update report on adtech and real time bidding and will review progress towards the end of the year

US Privacy Law: What’s happening at state level?

Liz Harding highlights some current US state-level privacy and cybersecurity initiatives

EVENT REPORT: Back to Basics - The Technology: 9 Key Takeaways

Gerald Brent picks out his own personal highlights from our recent Back to Basics: The Technology event

Age-verification for online pornography delayed by up to six months

Failure to notify EU to blame

EU introduces transparency obligations for online platforms

The Council of the European Union has adopted new rules seeking to establish a legal framework that guarantees transparent terms and conditions for business users of online platforms

CJEU: web-based email not an electronic communications service

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Google LLC v Bundesrepublik Deutschland Case C-193/18 that web-based email is not an electronic communications service.

SCL Back to Basics Conference 2019 - Rising Star Impressions

DCMS seeks views on their National Data Strategy

The DCMS has issued a call for evidence on the National Data Strategy, closing 14 July

Techlaw News Round-Up

A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site

Techsplainer: 5G (and a brief history of 1 to 4)

In our regular column explaining the terminology behind the tech, the SCL’s resident geek, Simon Forrester, recounts the technological history leading to 5G.

Smart Contracts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Part 1: The Good (and a short history)

In this two part article Rachel Goss take a fresh look at the perennial question of whether smart contracts can ever work under English contract law by looking at the good, the bad and the ugly aspects associated with them. In Part 1 she provides a short history of smart contracts and a look at the good.

Lawyering in a Digital Age: Equipping students for the technologically advancing practice of law - 27th & 28th of June 2019 - Ambleside, Lake District

SCL Event: Oracle / SAP Licensing and Audit Issues - Thursday 27 June 2019, London

100+ Brilliant Women in AI & Ethics Conference - Monday 16 September 2019, Oxford

"The New Technology Lawyer" - SCL Annual Conference 2019, Wednesday 2 October 2019, London

The skills and innovations you need to understand in order to practice tech law in the 2020's. Essential training from only £330 + VAT