The CMA has secured commitments from Google to address concerns about Google’s proposal to remove third-party cookies on Chrome and work with them on the Privacy Sandbox….
Technological Revolution and Catastrophe Part I: How did a mismanaged technological revolution contribute to the calamity of World War One?
In the first of a two part article, Ben Kaplinsky examines the causes of WWI and how the failure of legislators contributed to the carnage of the trenches. In Part 2, to be published in July, he will apply some of those lessons to our technological revolution of today….
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 – what is it and what do you need to do about it?
Peter Yapp, our regular contributor on cybersecurity, looks at why you should take note of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 which aims to manage national security risks associated with international business…
Copyright Issues & NFTs
Michael Nga and Madeleine Weber look at some of the copyright issues that a potential buyer of an NFT artwork should think about…
European Commission adopts standard contractual clauses
SCCs are for use between controllers and processors and for the transfer of personal data to third countries….
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The EU Draft AI Regulation: what you need to know now
Minesh Tanna summarises the main points of the Draft EU AI Regulation set to make its way through the EU law making process over the next few years…
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ICO fines Conservative Party £10,000 for sending unlawful emails
Conservative Party sent 51 marketing emails in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 in July 2019…
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CMA and EU open investigations into Facebook’s use of ad data
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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Software Licensing Agreements: Five things to look out for on review
Leah Gardner identifies some of the common stumbling blocks for suppliers and users reviewing their licensing arrangements…
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ICO consults on first chapter of guidance about anonymisation, pseudonymisation and privacy enhancing technologies
The chapter defines anonymisation and pseudonymisation….