Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act 2023 todecide if it has taken adequate steps to protect people in the UK from illegalcontent. This follows widespread concerns over use of its AI Chatbot Grok to create and shareundressed images of people, which may be considered intimate image abuse orpornography,…
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UK Law ICO publishes updated guidance on international transfers The ICO has updated and enhanced its guidance on international transfers of personal information, with the aim of making it easier for businesses to understand and to comply with the transfer rules under UK GDPR. The updated guidance sets out key requirements, aims to reduce complexity…
The ICO has published a Tech Futures report on agentic AI, in which it sets out the ICO’s understanding of the emerging technology, including its potential uses and expected technical developments. The ICO shares its early thoughts about the data protection implications that organisations will have to consider as they explore the deployment of agentic…
Camilo Artiga-Purcell flags up some of the cybersecurity, data protection and privilege risks associated with client-intake forms. Solicitors and barristers across England and Wales have embraced digital transformation, adopting sophisticated case management systems, e-discovery platforms, and document automation tools. Yet many overlook a critical vulnerability: the web forms used to collect confidential client and prospective…
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Rachael Gibbons and Rory Coutts pick out the key points of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill currently in Parliament. The Background to the New Bill On 12 November, the Government introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (“Bill”) to Parliament to update the UK’s current cybersecurity law, The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
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UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/1352 have been made. They amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023, adding offences under section 184 of the OSA 2023 (encouraging or assisting…
UK law UK government publishes progress report on copyright and AI The government has published a progress statement about its work to date on copyright and AI. The statement also explains the steps it is taking to prepare a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems; and an economic…
The ICO has announced that it will be scrutinising how popular games played by childrenprotect online privacy. 90% of UK children play games on digital devices and the ICO will belaunching a monitoring programme targeting 10 popular mobile games. The review willassess games’ compliance with default privacy settings, their geolocation controls and theirtargeted advertising practices….
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UK law ICO updates on action improving cookie compliance across top UK websites The ICO has provided an update on its work to tackle cookie compliance, which it says has brought the vast majority of the UK’s most used websites into compliance with rules on the use of advertising cookies. The ICO focused on three…
During its latest plenary meeting, the EDPB adopted recommendations on the legal basis for requiring the creation of user accounts on e-commerce websites. In addition, the Board had a preliminary discussion on the Digital Omnibus proposal and appointed the new EDPB Deputy Chair. Recommendation on creating user accounts on websites The Board says that Internet…