European Parliament adopts position on Digital Services Act

MEPs stop short of a ban on targeted ads, but would stop the use of special category personal information for targeting.

This Week's Techlaw News Round-up

ASA escalates sanctions to non-compliant influencers, ICO issues enforcement notice to Ministry of Justice about subject access requests, ICO issues fine about unsolicited direct marketing calls and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.

SCL Launches SCL Cloud Group - call for expressions of interest

EDPB adopts Guidelines on Right of Access and letter on cookie consent

EDPB recently held its January plenary session

UK government plans new rules on misleading cryptocurrency adverts

Plans published to strengthen the rules on cryptoasset advertisements and protect consumers from misleading claims

Irish Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill published

Bill introduces online safety regime and implements recast Audio-Visual Services Directive in Ireland.

This Week's Techlaw News Round-up

CMA investigates anticipated acquisition by Microsoft of Nuance Communications, Science and Technology Select Committee calls for evidence on the right to privacy in the digital era, decisions by the Austrian and Irish data protection regulators and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.

What next for video game regulation in 2022?

Leon Y. Xiao ponders what 2022 might bring for video games regulation and how states might curb the growing trend for loot boxes

French data protection regulator fines Google and Facebook for making it harder to refuse cookies than to accept them

Fines follow investigations by the CNIL

IPEC orders ISPs to block websites providing links to pirated Nintendo games

The websites permitted pirate Nintendo Switch video games to be downloaded. This infringed copyright and Nintendo's registered trade marks.