The French authorities did not notify the European Commission of that requirement under Directive on electronic commerce…
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CJEU: sale of second-hand e-books via a website is a communication to the public
Case arose from defendant providing access to second hand e-books to a ‘reading club’…
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What does AI mean for Intellectual Property policy? WIPO consults
Consultation ends on 14 February 2020 and aims to define questions facing IP policy makers on AI….
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Predictions: The rise of new regulation to deal with anonymous persons who can hide behind instruments like blockchain
Katie Simmonds and Andy Parsons from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP see that blockchain and GDPR may not be compatible….
Ofcom consults on implementation of European Electronic Communications Code
The consultation covers selling locked mobile handsets, video calls for 999 calls and easier switching for broadband….
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Predictions: “OK Boomer”: watch out for a cyberbreach
Conor Courtney, SCL Ambassador at UCL, is worried about an overlooked cyber security risk in the student world….
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Predictions: The Kemp Little Top 5
Marta Dunphy-Moriel presents Kemp Little’s Top 5 Predictions for 2020 touching on privacy class actions, ad tech scrutiny, facial recognition and autonomous vehicles….
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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Reflections & Predictions: DSARs as a weapon
Andrew Haslam, eDisclosure Project Manager at Squire Patton Boggs, reflects on the unintended consequences of DSARs and the cautious progress of the eDisclsoure pilot. Plus who will win the Six Nations?…
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This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
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…