The CMA is assessing if Facebook uses information to benefit its own services while the European Commission is considering if Facebook violated EU rules by gathering data from advertisers to compete with them in providing classified ads.
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Conservative Party sent 51 marketing emails in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 in July 2019
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The chapter defines anonymisation and pseudonymisation.
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McAfee extends refund rights for UK consumers, CMA welcomes Tribunal judgment in Sabre tech merger case, Legislation laid to enable British spaceports, ICO blog posts on the Children’s Code, and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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Commission says that the Code should be strengthened to become a more effective tool for countering disinformation.
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Investigations relate to Amazon and Microsoft web services, and Microsoft Office 365.
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Ofcom says proposals aim to be simple, straightforward, and platform and technology neutral
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Decision relates to previous regime under Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
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Data Sharing Code of Practice is laid before UK Parliament, Gambling Commission warning about responsibility for third party websites, DCMS call for views on cybersecurity, ICO fines and more in this week’s round-up of UK and EU techlaw news developments not covered elsewhere on the SCL website.
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EDPB adopts opinions on first transnational codes of conduct, statement on proposed Data Governance Act and recommendations on the legal basis for the storage of credit card data
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