SCL KM Committee event on 18th June 2019 – Data governance, information security and the power of knowledge.
James Holyday, Chair of the SCL KM Group, reports on the Groups’ recent meeting….
Privacy & Data Protection
ICO publishes access to information strategy
The ICO has published its new access to information strategy called “Openness by Design”….
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European Commission launches pilot stage of trustworthy AI assessment guidelines
The European Commission has just launched the pilot phase of the ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI, as the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence released its policy recommendations. The High-Level Expert Group on AI has announced two important developments: the piloting phase of the ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI; and policy and investment recommendations for…
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Select Committee publishes report on the Online Harms White Paper
Select Committee calls for urgent legislation to safeguard future elections and new power of veto….
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Techlaw News Round-Up
ICO issues EE Limited with monetary penalty of £100,000 for sending texts to customers without their consentThe ICO has issued telecoms company EE Limited with a £100,000 monetary penalty for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without their consent. The messages encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app…
Law around non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images to be reviewed
The UK government has asked the Law Commission to review the law around around non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images….
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Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #2
In the second of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners, runner-up Jordan Briggs thinks technology could provide the answers to the problem of harmful content….
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Directed Acyclic Graphs: the need for attention from data protection authorities
Anne Rose explains an evolution in distributed ledger technology and raises some potential GDPR pitfalls…
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EU introduces transparency obligations for online platforms
The Council of the European Union has adopted new rules seeking to establish a legal framework that guarantees transparent terms and conditions for business users of online platforms…
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Adtech: ICO wants to see changes in how personal data is used in real time bidding
The ICO has published an update report on adtech and real time bidding and will review progress towards the end of the year…
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