DfT calls for evidence on use of automated lane keeping on motorways
Closes 27 October 2020…
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Applied Game Theory – the future of IT procurement?
A team from DLA Piper were recently involved in a procurement process where the client decided to use game theory to help them choose a supplier for a large IT project. Here they recount how it worked and offer some tips for anyone else involved in a similar process…..
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UK government consults on proposals to make online political advertising more transparent
Online electoral material will require a digital imprint explicitly showing who is behind the campaign….
AI Ethics principles are crucial and now developers need to walk-the-talk
In the face of an ever increasing number of AI ethics principles, Dr Lance Eliot highlights work on some of the common factors and suggests some changes that need to happen before they can be put into action….
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Cyber is a business risk like any other
In our latest cybersecurity post, Peter Yapp explains why Cyber Security Risk should be considered a business risk like any other – not “an IT problem’….
High Court upholds trade secrets injunction over battery separators
Decision appears to be the first UK court decision providing interim relief under the Trade Secrets Regulations…
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SCL webinar: “The Privacy Shield is dead. Long live….what?”
Chair:David Chaplin, SCL Editor Speakers:Renzo Marchini, Partner, Privacy, Security and Information Group, FieldfisherFlorian Tannen, Partner, Baker McKenzie, MunichKatalina Bateman, Counsel, IP, Tech & Data Group, Reed Smith LLPJanet Lane, Privacy Counsel, Refinitiv The CJEU decision this week in the latest Schrems case against Facebook has seen them decide that the current Privacy Shield arrangements are…
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South Wales Police use of facial recognition technology was proportionate rules Court of Appeal
Though the court found that their DPIA and consideration of discriminatory effect was lacking, and that the interference in Article 8 rights was not in accordance with the law, South Wales Police have indicated that they do not intend to appeal….
The real-world effects of ‘fake news’ – and how to quantify them
The spread of anti-vaccination misinformation on social media, (and its implications for public health and the global fight against COVID-19) is a textbook example of how misinformation can have serious real world effects particularly while we tackle the virus. In advance of a webinar for SCL in September looking at causation in civil cases, a team of economists and data experts from FTI Consulting explain how social media data, artificial intelligence and traditional statistical analysis can be deployed – together – to examine important questions of causation arising from ‘fake news’….
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Ofcom issues discussion paper on personalised pricing for communications
Paper discusses benefits and risks of personalised pricing for consumers….
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