In the first of a two part article, Simon Deane-Johns looks at some surprising consequences (if followed) of the Advocate General’s opinion on contactless payments in Denizbank. In Part 1, he sets out the facts and why the outcome will be so important. Part 2 will look at the questions of whether contactless payments are anonymous.
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Statement on Article 23 of the GDPR adopted in response to a letter from Civil Liberties Union for Europe, Access Now and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union about the Hungarian Government’s Decree 179/2020 of 4 May, which suspends the GDPR in relation to dealing with the pandemic
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Government response to drone report, EDPB opinion on draft SCCs, WIPO paper on AI and IP, ESMA consultation on cloud computing, ASA annual report and more in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week.
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Created for SCL by Nick Watson and Gary Waters
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Increasingly globalised and digital work, coupled with the need for a more sustainable economy, requires review of competition law tools.
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New Digital Services Act will replace the 20-year old regime.
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A team from Arthur Cox assess progress at the Irish Central Bank Innovation Hub since its launch two years and what it can tell us about the technology developers are working on now.
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The onset of the coronavirus caught many napping. Some organisations sprang into action and responded effectively. Others are still searching government websites in the hope they will tell them what to do. Many will go out of business. How can you use this crisis to best improve your own corporate resilience? SCL member William Hooper provides some words of wisdom on how to prepare for the next crisis, in both IT and non-IT activities.
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The European Commission erred in law and in its assessment finds the General Court.
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Peter Yapp, our regular cybersecurity contributor, outlines why the cybersecurity supply chain should be taken seriously and give some pointers as to how to go about testing yours.
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