BOOK REVIEW: The Law and Autonomous Vehicles
Leah Grolman reviews one of the first books to analyse the laws applicable to automated and connected vehicles…
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This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Contractual terms and privacy policies: how to improve consumer understanding The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a guide on contractual terms and privacy policies. The guide examines techniques for improving consumers’ understanding of contractual terms, conditions and privacy policies. The focus is on methods offering low-cost, practical and scalable solutions….
Do social network providers require (further?) regulation?
John-Paul Tettmar-Saleh presents the third of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners ….
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Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation publishes interim reports on online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision-making
Publication follows identification by the Government that these two areas required “immediate attention”…
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European Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of Amazon The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon’s use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules. The Commission intends to review the standard agreements between Amazon and marketplace sellers,…
ICO consults on updated data sharing code of practice
Consultation on its draft code of practice on data sharing ends 9 September…
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US Privacy Law: What’s happening at state level?
Liz Harding looks at some of the state level privacy initiatives currently being considered or progressed in the US…
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Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 on online intermediation services published in Official Journal Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services was published in the Official Journal on 11 July 2019. It will enter into force on the…
Thinking harder about data ‘ownership’ and regulation of data driven business
Peter Leonard challenges some accepted wisdom about the value of big data and how data driven businesses are regulated….
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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….