UK Law ICO consults on enforcement procedural guidance The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is consulting on draft enforcement procedural guidance. It explains when and how the ICO opens investigations, uses its information gathering powers, how enforcement decisions are made and how settlement with reduced fines may be appropriate. The consultation ends on 23 January 2026….
The High Court has issued its eagerly awaited judgment (which was around 200 pages long) in Getty Images -v- Stability AI [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch). The judgment addresses complex questions at the intersection of intellectual property law and generative AI. Getty Images brought claims against Stability AI for trade mark infringement, passing off, and copyright…
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UK law Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2025 laid The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has laid the draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2024 in parliament under sections 2(6), 6(4) and 77(5)…
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has handed down its judgment in the UK Information Commissioner’s appeal against the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decision on Clearview AI Inc. In May 2022, the Information Commissioner fined US-based company Clearview £7.5m and issued an enforcement notice for scraping images of UK residents from the web and social media, and then…
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UK law ASA shows how AI can be used for regulatory compliance purposes The Advertising Standards Authority has published the results of a trial that used AI to check whether alcohol ads are sticking to the rules. The ASA says that the trial marks a major step forward in how innovative technologies like AI can…
Advocate General Szpunar has issued an opinion in Joined Cases C-188/24 | WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates and C-190/24 | Coyote System on two related legal cases involving French laws that restrict certain online services. Advocate General (AG) Szpunar says that France’s obligations on online porn publishers to prevent minors’ access and its prohibition…
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In a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, Advocate General Spielmann has issued an opinion on how EU member states handle the public disclosure of anti-doping violations. In Case C‑474/24, four athletes challenged Austrian legislation mandating the online publication of personal data following anti-doping sanctions. This data included names, sports discipline,…
Following consultation, the Law Commission of England and Wales has announced its fourteenth programme of reform. It has agreed to work on ten new projects, three of which will be of particular interest to our readers. Deeds The Commission says that the current law of deeds is outdated, in part due to technological developments. For…
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Under the Digital Services Act, the European Commission supervises providers of certain services, designated as very large platforms or very large online search engines because they exceed a significant minimum threshold of users in the EU. To cover regulatory costs, the Commission collects an annual fee from those providers. The fee is calculated based on…
The European Commission has announced that it plans to fine Google €2.95 billion for breaching EU anti-trust rules by favouring its own adtech services over competing providers of adtech services, advertisers and online publishers. The Commission has instructed Google to bring these “self-preferencing” practices to an end, and to implement measures to prevent inherent conflicts…