ICO issues long-waited cookies guidance and busts some myths
The ICO has issued its long-awaited updated cookies guidance….
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ICO publishes access to information strategy
The ICO has published its new access to information strategy called “Openness by Design”….
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Select Committee publishes report on the Online Harms White Paper
Select Committee calls for urgent legislation to safeguard future elections and new power of veto….
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Techlaw News Round-Up
ICO issues EE Limited with monetary penalty of £100,000 for sending texts to customers without their consentThe ICO has issued telecoms company EE Limited with a £100,000 monetary penalty for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without their consent. The messages encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app…
Directed Acyclic Graphs: the need for attention from data protection authorities
Anne Rose explains an evolution in distributed ledger technology and raises some potential GDPR pitfalls…
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Adtech: ICO wants to see changes in how personal data is used in real time bidding
The ICO has published an update report on adtech and real time bidding and will review progress towards the end of the year…
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EVENT REPORT: Back to Basics – The Technology: 9 Key Takeaways
Gerald Brent picks out his own personal highlights from our recent Back to Basics: The Technology event…
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Weekly Techlaw News Round-Up
A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site…
EU introduces transparency obligations for online platforms
The Council of the European Union has adopted new rules seeking to establish a legal framework that guarantees transparent terms and conditions for business users of online platforms…
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SCL Back to Basics Conference 2019 – Rising Star Impressions
We were delighted to be able to offer a number of bursaries towards the cost of attending the SCL “Back to basics – the technology” Conference, held at Hogan Lovells on 20 May 2019. We invited firms to nominate a tech law “rising star” to attend at a subsidised rate. These future leading lights of…
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