While “scoring” is permitted only under certain conditions, the prolonged retention of information relating to the granting of a discharge from remaining debts is contrary to the GDPR….
The draft regulation aims to ensure that AI systems placed on the European market and used in the EU are safe and respect fundamental rights and EU values. It also aims to stimulate investment and innovation….
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Cases C-683/21 | Nacionalinis visuomenes sveikatos centras and C-807/21 | Deutsche Wohnen, the Court of Justice has clarified when national supervisory authorities may impose an administrative fine on one or more controllers for an infringement of the GDPR. In particular, it ruled that the imposition of a fine requires wrongful conduct; that is, that the…
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UK law DSIT launches review on illegal porn, abuse and exploitation in porn industry The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a review to advise the UK government on how to deal with the negative effects of pornography on users and society. The review will build on the Online Safety Act, by stopping…
Tapnet Ltd, which provides the online adult video service RevealMe, has introduced age verification measures, after Ofcom raised concerns that it was not taking adequate measures to prevent children from being able to access pornography on its platform. Under the video sharing legislation, video-sharing platforms established in the UK are required to take measures to…
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Ofcom has published its next consultation regarding the Online Safety Act 2023 about age assurance. Part 5 of the Act imposes specific duties on service providers that display or publish pornographic content on their online services. These include the duty to implement age assurance to ensure that children are not normally able to encounter such…
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The European Commission has welcomed the political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Cyber Resilience Act, which was originally proposed by the Commission in September 2022. The Cyber Resilience Act (which is an EU Regulation) aims to improve the level of cybersecurity of digital products by introducing proportionate mandatory cybersecurity requirements…
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UK law CMA wins appeal in Apple case The Court of Appeal has upheld the CMA’s decision to launch a market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming, overturning a pervious ruling quashing the investigation. The unanimous judgment overturned the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s previous decision. In March 2023 which upheld an appeal by Apple and…
Historical events have always influenced the law and legal practice, which by their nature must adapt to societal and technological changes. For this 50th Anniversary edition of the magazine, we revisit a time when computers were just becoming a fundamental part of everyday life, and how the Y2K Bug (and especially the reaction and response…
As 2023 starts to draw to a close, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Cyber landscape as it is and more specifically, threat actors that have been prevalent over the past year. With lower barriers to entry and an expansive risk environment, the cost of cyber-crime has reached £6.6 billion, surpassing…
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