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View more analysis >TABLE: Enforcement action & publicity for not using BCC
BCC errors still cause a good deal of regulatory intervention. Dr W Kuan Hon has catalogued some below. This table supplements an article on the data protection risks of not using BCC available here. Below, in reverse chronological order of decision publication date, are selected (non-exhaustive) examples, as at March 2026, of incidents where emails…
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Avoiding Privacy & Data Protection Breaches when Emailing Multiple Recipients
Dr W Kuan Hon and Dr Eoin Woods highlight the ongoing data protection issues caused by not using BCC and suggest some technical solutions. Introduction Sending bulk emails with recipients listed in the TO or CC fields rather than using Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) is a commonly occurring data security incident, with over 2,000 such…
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Safe AI: How to Interact with AI and Agents Without Breaching the Law
Olga Sevriuk rounds up some recent cases that highlight the legal risks of sharing sensitive client data with public AI chatbots and agents and the lessons that can be learned. The evolving landscape of AI safety Nowadays the AI adoption often outpaces the development of regulatory and governance frameworks. As a result, AI increasingly influences…
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Should IT Legal Services be Productised?
With AI now increasingly a part of our professional lives, Clive Davies ponders whether there is room for more services to become products in the IT legal world. Introduction “Productise” means to “make or develop (a service, concept, etc.) into a product”. In this age of generative and agentive AI it seems reasonable to revisit…
Expert Advice Early in Proceedings
Clients feel they have been wronged. Lawyers know the law. What role may an expert advisor usefully play early in proceedings and where is caution needed? The second in a series of three articles by William Hooper. The Role of Expert Advisor The role of expert advisor may be compared with that of expert witness….
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View more news >European Commission and consumer authority investigate Black Friday discounts
The European Commission and 23 European consumer protection authorities have published the results of a screening (‘sweep’) of online discounts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) is a network of national authorities responsible for the enforcement of EU consumer protection laws. Under the coordination of the European Commission, they…
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This week’s Tech-law round-up
UK government responds to call for views on enterprise connected device security The government has responded to its call for views on enterprise connected device security which ran from 12 May to 4 August 2025. The response includes an overview of the feedback received and key themes that emerged, as well as the next steps…
European Commission preliminarily finds Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of DSA
After conducting a risk assessment, the European Commission has found that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXXand XVideos were in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) for failing to protect minors from being exposed to pornographic content. The Commission’s preliminary findings are part of the European Commission’s formal proceedings launched against these four platforms under the DSA…
CMA investigates Adobe over concerns about cancellation fees
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Adobe related to concerns that early cancellation fees on membership plans for certain products may breach consumer protection law. Adobe’s products, like Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Premiere, are widely used by consumers to create and edit content such as photographs and videos. Consumers who…
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SCL Podcast “Technology & Privacy Laws Around The World” – Episode 10: Law and Innovation in Asia
In this episode, host Mauricio Figueroa travels to Singapore to sit down with Professor Irene Calboli, founder of the IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network. Their conversation ranges widely: from the evolving landscape of legal scholarship and practice across Asia, to the way IPIRA’s annual conference brings together a diversity of voices from…
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View more cases >Advocate General proposes appeal in abuse of dominance case should be dismissed
The Adovcate General has recently issued his opinion in the joined Cases C-496/23 P | Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission (Facebook Marketplace) and C-497/23 P | Meta Platforms Ireland v Commission (Facebook Data). He advises the Court of Justice to dismiss Meta’s appeals concerning an ongoing EU investigation into potential abuse of a dominant position…
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Court of Appeal rules on duty to take appropriate technical and organisational measures
The Court of Appeal recently issued its judgment in DSG Retail Ltd v The Information Commissioner [2026] EWCA Civ 140. In summary, the ICO successfully appealed that DSG Retail Limited was required to have appropriate organisational and technical security measures even if data that is compromised is not identifiable by a cyber-attacker. The court considered…
Supreme Court reboots UK approach to AI patents: G1/19 software update installed
Jonathan Hewett summarises and analyses this week’s important Supreme Court decision over patent protection for AI and computer-implemented inventions In a landmark decision on 11 February 2026, the UK Supreme Court has fundamentally reshaped the UK’s approach to the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. In positive news for patentees, the Judgment overrules almost 20 years of patent practice…
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Pixel Plunder: virtual gold pieces confirmed to be property under the Theft Act
Aaron Trebble summarises a recent Court of Appeal judgment which looked at vitual assets as property under the Theft Act The Court of Appeal in R v Lakeman has determined that virtual gold pieces in the online role-playing game Old School Runescape constitute “property” for the purposes of the Theft Act 1968. Whilst not required…
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ECJ rules online marketplaces are responsible for personal data in user ads
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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Latest Event Reports
View more event reports >EVENT REPORT: AI Law: what every business (and their lawyers) needs to know
David Chaplin, editor of Computers & Law, reflects on the recent Annual AI conference that looked at the challenges of AI implementation through the eyes of business A case study stitched together the presentations at the annual SCL AI conference hosted at the HSFK offices a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how…
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The SCL AI Conference: Key Takeaways
Mauricio Figueroa summarises the key points from the SCL AI Conference hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills on 8th October. Practitioners, lawmakers, academics, trainees, in-house lawyers, and civil society representatives gathered at Herbert Smith Freehills’ offices in London for the annual Society for Computers and Law AI conference. The event brought together experts to explore the…
SCL 50th Anniversary Conference 2023 – Rising Star Impression
Victor Gurr, Trainee Solicitor, Gisby Harrison Solicitors was nominated to attend the recent SCL 50th Anniversary Conference on 10 October 2023 as a tech law “rising star”. “Rising stars” are invited to record their impressions of the Conference in any form they choose (in previous years these have been event reports, infographs and even poems!). These…
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SCL 50th Anniversary Conference Event Report: “The Dragon Under the Sofa and other stories”
What separates humanity from technology? The sudden omniscience of ChatGPT in November 2022 has prompted a good deal of philosophising on that question with the apparent gap between the human and the machine growing ever less defined. There is as yet little common ground on where the boundary lies but one oft cited difference is…
The SCL 50th Anniversary Conference – a visual overview
Gerald Brent, Associate, Addleshaw Goddard, provides a visual summary of some of the key elements from the recent SCL 50th Anniversary Conference….
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