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UK Cybersecurity Reform: Incoming Changes via the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill 

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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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ICO to examine how mobile games protect children’s online privacy

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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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European Data Protection Board issues recommendations on user accounts and comments on Digital Omnibus

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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…

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Happy New Year and Brave New World 2026! Banned from the ashes of social media Down Under

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Chris Marsden with an acerbic look at the origins and, perhaps unintended, consequences of Australia’s social media ban for under 16’s which comes into force today. I write this on the eve of Australia’s under-16 social media ban, which stops all Australians using social media unless they can prove they are over 16. Unsurprisingly, it…

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ECJ rules online marketplaces are responsible for personal data in user ads

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The European Court of Justice has issued its judgment in Case C-492/23 | Russmedia Digital and Inform Media Press Data Protection. It said that the operator of an online marketplace is responsible for processing personal data in advertisements published on its platform. The case involved Russmedia Digital, a company that runs the website www.publi24.ro, where…

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Irish regulator investigates TikTok and LinkedIn

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Coimisiún na Meán’s Investigations Team has launched two formal investigations into the TikTok and LinkedIn platforms under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The investigations will assess if the two platforms have contravened Articles 16(1), 16(2)(c) and Article 25 of the DSA. In September 2024, Coimisiún na Meán’s Platform Supervision Division reviewed online providers’ compliance…

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