MEPs seek to prevent English data exports
Computers & Law has learnt that a group of MEPs is lobbying to impose conditions on the European Commission’s recommendation that the UK should be granted adequacy for data protection purposes….
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Do you use MailChimp? Bavarian DPA holds that its use was unlawful under GDPR
Martin Sloan reports on a decision from one of the German data protection authorities has cast doubt over whether use of the popular email marketing platform by EU organisations MailChimp is lawful under GDPR. The decision emphases the importance carrying out full assessments on the use of US-hosted technology services and transfers of personal data outside the UK and EU/EEA, following last year’s Schrems II decision….
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To pay or not to pay: how to fight ransomware in 2021
Peter Yapp, our regular contributor on cybersecurity, with some suggestions on how best to tackle the growing menace that is ransomware….
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Law Commission ponders review of a range of tech laws
Law Commission says that this is a period of acute social, technological and political change as it consults on 14th programme of work…
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UK government issues response to call for views on AI & IP
Government will consult later this year on legislative change for protecting AI-generated inventions which would otherwise not meet inventorship criteria….
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Ofcom consults on guidance for video-sharing platform providers on measures to protect users from harmful material
One in seven platform users claim to have been exposed to potentially harmful material…
CMA takes court action against Norton for withholding information in auto-renewing investigation
This is the first time the CMA has had to take this step in a consumer protection case….
Regulating artificial intelligence: Where are we now? Where are we heading?
A team from DLA Piper review where we are with the regulation of AI and the myriad guidance now available from regulators and governments…
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Enlarged Board of Appeal provides guidance on how computer-implemented simulations might be patentable under European Patent Convention
Highest judicial authority under the EPC was considering application related to modelling of pedestrian movement….
Ofcom announces new regulations to upgrade broadband
The new regulations will apply to BT from April 2021 until March 2026….
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