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…
First-Tier Tribunal overturns fine of £7.5 million by ICO on Clearview AI
Clearview provides a service that allows customers, including the police, to upload an image of a person to the company’s app, which is then checked for a match against all the images in the database. The app then provides a list of images that have similar characteristics with the photo provided by the customer, with…
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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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Select Committee report on NFTs in sport and culture published
The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has published its report NFTs and the Blockchain: the risks to sport and culture. It notes that while sales of NFTs peaked last year and that they may not reach the same level of popularity again, concerns remain over how traditional regulatory regimes have been exposed by the…
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This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
UK law CMA clears revised deal for Microsoft to buy Activision The new deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights has been cleared after the CMA concluded it would preserve competitive prices and better services. In August this year Microsoft made a concession that would see Ubisoft, instead of Microsoft, buy Activision’s…
Court of Appeal rules ICO acted lawfully in subject access request complaint litigation
The Court of Appeal has issued its ruling in Ben Peter Delo, R (on the application of) v The Information Commissioner [2023] EWCA Civ 1141. The case concerned a long-running court battle over a subject access request complaint. The Court of Appeal upheld an earlier High Court decision by Mr Justice Mostyn to dismiss a…
This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
UK law ASA publishes final report on information gathered during IPP Pilot The ASA has published a final report on its Intermediary and Platform Principles (IPP) Pilot. The Pilot was devised to help explore whether and, if so, how the UK advertising self-regulatory system might evolve to bring greater transparency and broader accountability to the…
Society for Computers and Law AI Group launches Artificial Intelligence Contractual Clauses
The SCL AI Group are delighted to announce the launch of their Artificial Intelligence Contractual Clauses document. The development and use of AI will increase significantly over the next few years. AI systems will therefore increasingly become the subject matter of transactional contracts. AI technologies create new and unique risks which will need to be…
Financial Conduct Authority takes over regulating the advertising of cryptoassets
Following the introduction of new rules by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the ASA will no longer regulate technical claims in ads for cryptoassets in non-broadcast media. As of 8 October 2023 the FCA is responsible for the regulation of ads for ‘qualifying cryptoassets’ – cryptoassets that are transferable and fungible, including cryptocurrencies and utility…
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BOOK REVIEW: Vulnerability and Data Protection Law
In the GDPR, the term “vulnerable” appears once. Recital 75 says that the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons may result from personal data processing of vulnerable natural persons in particular children, which could lead to physical, material, or non-material damage. What does “vulnerable” mean? Who is a vulnerable natural person, how…
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