David Chaplin, SCL Editor, reports on the revival of the policy forum, an event that raised more than a few questions about the rule of law in the metaverse…
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Plans include voluntary Code of Practice aiming to strengthen consumer protection across the app market….
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In 2023 the Society will be 50 years old and, as many of you will know, several initiatives are being planned to celebrate that landmark. One of those is a book, to be edited by Professor Richard Susskind and Mark O’Conor, our current President and Vice President. The book will attempt to capture a flavour…
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The EDPB was called upon to settle disputes between various data protection regulators….
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The Council has made various amendments to the European Commission’s original proposal….
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The Competition and Markets Authority has announced a new programme of consumer enforcement work focused on so-called “Online Choice Architecture”….
UK government announces update to cybersecurity laws, CMA publishes final music streaming market report, Irish Data Protection Commission announces decision in Facebook “data scraping” inquiry and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website….
The MOJ has also announced new laws aimed at better protecting victims from abuse of intimate images, some of which will be included in the Online Safety Bill….
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