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Following last week’s consultations in response to the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 coming into force, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is now also consulting on guidance on distributed ledger technologies. Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain, seek to store, synchronise and maintain digital records across a network of computing centres. Their uses…

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In response to the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA) coming into force, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is consulting on two pieces of new guidance on: Recognised legitimate interest “Recognised legitimate interest” is a new lawful basis. The ICO says that this new basis will give organisations greater confidence to use personal information…

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 The Administrative Court has ruled in Wikimedia Foundation & BLN v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology [2025] EWHC 2086 (Admin). The claim was brought by Wikimedia and one of its users relating to categorisation of services under the Online Safety Act 2023. The Online Safety Act 2023 creates a layered system of…

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UK law Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/919 have been made.  They set out the criteria that an entity must meet to be an “eligible entity” for this purpose and contain provision about procedural matters relating to such complaints….

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