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Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251 Million

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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced its final decisions following two inquiries into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. The DPC launched own-volition inquiries following a personal data breach, which was reported by MPIL in September 2018. The data breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which approximately 3 million were based in…

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CMA consults on unfair trading guidance

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The Competition and Markets Authority is consulting on draft guidance about the protection from unfair trading provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. The unfair commercial practices (UCP) provisions in the DMCC Act prohibit unfair commercial practices, replacing and updating the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The UCP provisions: The…

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UK consults on proposals to give creative industries and AI developers clarity over copyright laws

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The UK government is consulting on how copyright material can be used to train AI models. It aims to ensure protection and payment for rights holders and support AI developers to innovate responsibly. Currently, uncertainty about how copyright law applies to AI is holding back both sectors from reaching their full potential. It can make…

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ICO consults on revised approach to public sector regulation

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In June 2022, the ICO announced a two-year trial of a revised approach to working more effectively with public authorities across the UK. This is the “public sector approach”, which saw the use of the Commissioner’s discretion to reduce the impact of fines on public bodies and the services they provide, and aimed at improving…

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EDPB clarifies rules for data sharing with third country authorities and approves EU Data Protection Seal certification

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During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published guidelines on Article 48 of the GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities and approved a new European Data Protection Seal. Assessing data transfer requests by third country authorities Organisations often receive requests from public authorities in other countries to share personal data….

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Digital markets and competition law sections of DMCC Act in force from 1 January 2025

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In late November, the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1226) were published. They bring most digital markets and competition sections of the Act (that were not already in force) into force on 1 January 2025. The new digital markets regime gives the…

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