This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up

UK law Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025 The Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Designated Vendor Directions) (Penalties) Order 2025 SI 2025/443 has been made.  It makes consequential amendments to the Electronic Communications (Networks and Services) (Penalties) (Rules for Calculation of Turnover) Order 2003, SI 2003/2712 which in summary covers…

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ICO reports on use of children’s data in financial services sector

The ICO’s Assurance department has recently approached organisations in the financial services sector to review how they process information. The review looked at how they use children’s data and how they use AI and automated decision making. The ICO also wanted to gather views on experiences of implementing good data protection practice, compliance challenges, competing…

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ICO publishes anonymisation guidance

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidance about anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques, aimed at helping organisations handle personal data in compliance with data protection laws.  Anonymisation is the process of representing data in such a way that individuals are not identifiable.  Once data is anonymised, it falls outside the scope of data protection laws. Pseudonymisation…

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Consumer aspects of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act in force

Most of the consumer aspects of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 came into force on 6 April 2025. This includes the repealed and replaced Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which update the provisions about unfair commercial practices, as well as new powers for the CMA, including GDPR-style fines, and new…

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This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up

UK law Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 made The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/381 have been made. They amend primary and secondary legislation following the implementation of Parts 3, 4, and Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Digital Markets, Competition…

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European Commission provides guidance under Digital Markets Act to facilitate development of innovative products on Apple’s platforms

The European Commission has adopted two decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) specifying the measures that Apple has to take to comply with certain aspects of its interoperability obligation. Interoperability enables a deeper and more seamless integration of third-party products with Apple’s ecosystem. It is therefore key to opening up new opportunities for third…

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