Ofcom has issued a report how it is supporting the safe innovation and use of artificial intelligence across the sectors it regulates, and streamlining the way it works. Smarter communications The industries Ofcom regulates have technology and innovation at their heart. As technologies evolve, new opportunities emerge that have the potential to drive better outcomes…
Under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, fake reviews are a blacklisted commercial practice which is always unfair. The CMA issued guidance on fake reviews in April. Under the DMCC Act, the CMA can now decide independently whether consumer law has been infringed, rather than going through the courts. It can also tackle…
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During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its guidelines on Article 48 GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities. The EDPB also discussed the European Commission’s request for a joint EDPB-EDPS opinion on the draft proposal on the simplification of record-keeping obligation under the GDPR. Finally,…
In recent years, a significant aspect of the Law Commission’s work has focused on emerging technologies, including smart legal contracts, electronic trade documents, decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) and digital assets such as crypto tokens. These developments often rely on distributed ledger technology (DLT). It is now consulting on proposals for law reform. It focuses primarily…
The ICO has issued an AI and biometrics strategy. It says that from a data protection perspective, people need to be able to trust that organisations using AI and biometrics tech: ICO cites statistics that show that public concerns are especially strong in high-impact cases: The strategy sets out how the ICO will: As these…
UK law CMA consults on draft rules for digital markets competition regime levy The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the approach to a levy for the digital markets competition regime and draft strategic market status (SMS) levy rules under Section 110 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Section…
The CJEU has recently ruled in the case HUK-COBURG Haftpflicht-Unterstützungs-Kasse Case C-697/23 that the rules on comparative advertising in the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive (2006/114/EC) do not encompass an online comparison service that does not sell the goods or services it compares and, therefore, does not compete with them. The Directive sets out the…
UK law ICO issues reprimand to Greater Manchester Police over CCTV failings The ICO has issued a reprimand to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) following failures in its storage and handling of CCTV footage. A person was held in custody for 48 hours in February 2021. During this period, a CCTV system was in operation. GMP’s…
The European Commission is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA). As well as this, the European Board for Digital Services, is taking coordinated action against smaller pornographic platforms. This aims to reinforce the Commission’s effort to protect children from harmful content online, both regarding very large…
The IAB has a mechanism called the TCF (Transparency and Consent Framework) to manage cookie and other tracking consents. Users’ preferences are encoded and stored in a string composed of a combination of letters and characters referred to as the Transparency and Consent String (TC String), which is shared with personal data brokers and advertising…
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