DCMS publishes consultation response on consumer IoT security: legislation in the pipeline
UK government says more research is needed to refine next steps but intends to introduce legislation….
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Advocate General gives opinion that car rental companies do not communicate works to public Advocate General Szpunar has given an opinion in the case of C-753/18 Stim and Sami. The AG considered that car rental companies are not “users” that communicate works to the public under Article 3(1) of the InfoDoc Directive 2001/29/EC and Article…
Ofcom consults on Extremely High Frequency and wifi spectrum rules
The two consultations relate to improving wifi spectrum use and opening access to the Extremely High Frequency spectrum. Both consultations run until 20th March….
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Outsourcing and Artificial Intelligence: Re-engineering Outsourcing Agreements
Is the traditional outsourcing agreement, “engineered” for the pre-AI world, suitable in a world in which AI displaces both people and rules-based methods of automation? Zayed Al Jamil looks at the issues….
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Predictions: Lewis Silkin’s 2020 Tech Predictions
The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….
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Predictions 2020: “Law will become personal again”
Nick Watson forsees that lawtech can improve the tech lawyer’s quality of life…
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Video Predictions: What’s in store for ISP & telcos in 2020?
Neil Brown, of decoded:legal, looks at what’s ahead for ISPs and telcos in 2020 touching on online harms, blocking pornography and surveillance regulation….
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CMA’s interim report on online platforms and digital advertising published
The CMA is considering potential measures to open up the search market, measures to address the conflicts of interests and lack of transparency in digital advertising and requiring platforms to allow people to turn off personalised advertising. There are strong arguments for a new regulatory regime….
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Predictions: Who wants to live in Carbon Nanotube Valley?
Rebecca Keating, barrister at 4 Pump Court, on the quantum supremacy race and a new boost for classical computers…
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European Commission publishes EU Cybersecurity Taxonomy The European Commission has recently published a revision of its cybersecurity taxonomy guidelines. The taxonomy aims to provide a clear definition of the cybersecurity context, its domains of application, research and knowledge. It proposes a high level set of definitions and categorisation domains so that they can be used…