This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Draft investigatory powers regulations published, Law Society guidance, gambling news and HMTCS blog post in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week…
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This Week’s Techlaw News Snippets
EDPB consults on guidelines on online services and ‘performance of a contract’ basis for processing The European Data Protection Board has issued a consultation on a new set of draft guidelines on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects….
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European Data Protection Board adopts guidelines on application of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR The European Data Protection Board has adopted guidelines on the scope and application of Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 in relation to information society services. In its guidelines, the EDPB makes general observations regarding data protection principles and the…
Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 made
The Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have been made. They revoke geo-blocking legislation in the UK if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal deal….
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Non-UK digital service providers: Government issues consultation on post-Brexit regulation
The UK government has issued a call for views on the UK’s proposed approach to regulating non-UK based digital service providers operating in the UK under the NIS Regulations after the UK leaves the EU….
Online pornography: age-verification commences 15 July in the UK
The UK government has announced that age verification measures for online pornography under the Digital Economy Act 2017 will come into force in the UK on 15 July 2019….
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Remedies for inadequate response to a subject access request: the High Court decision in Rudd v Bridle
The High Court has considered to what extent the claimant could obtain remedies for inadequate subject access responses under the Data Protection Act 1998….
New consumer directives adopted on sale of goods and supply of digital products
The European Council has adopted two new directives on the supply of digital content and sale of goods to consumers as part of the Digital Single Market strategy…
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Cross-border access to online TV and radio content: new directive adopted by European Council
The new directive aims to make licensing of copyright-protected material contained in such programmes easier so that they can be made available throughout the EU….
ICO launches consultation on age-appropriate design for digital services
The Information Commissioner has launched a consultation on a draft code of practice on age-appropriate design, a code of practice for online services likely to be accessed by children….
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