Data Protection Bill receives Royal Assent
Royal Assent received 23 May 2018 – just in time for GDPR…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper: DCMS consultation response published
White Paper now expected by the end of 2018…
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#MeToo for AI? Could Cambridge Analytica happen again?
Peter Leonard and Toby Walsh ask if the Cambridge Analytica scandal might be a #MeToo moment for algorithmic decision-making and AI?…
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AI: Changing Rules for a Changed World
Terence Bergin QC and Quentin Tannock use the rise and expected further development of FinTech to explore some of the legal issues that might arise from AI…
AI: Making the UK Ready Willing and Able
Lord Tim Clement-Jones writes about the important report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence which he chaired and the recommendations its Report put forward…
ICO Consults on Regulatory Action Policy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a draft regulatory action policy and seeks views on it in the period to 28 June….
Is Data the New DNA?
David Chaplin reports on the doubts surrounding evidential data and criminal law voiced at the recent SCL event, “When the internet of things goes to court”…
Software Lock and Injunction Refusal
An intriguing High Court judgment on an application for an injunction requiring a software supplier to provide access to business software from which the customer was locked out following an alleged breach of contract…
Editorial – April/May 2018
Laurence Eastham wants to see a constructive reaction to the current data protection fever to combat dangers that may arise once that fever has subsided….
IFCLA Conference 2018
The 2018 IFCLA Conference, with the title ‘The Next Tech Law Revolution’, takes place in Paris on 7-8 June. Marie Hélène Tonnellier, President of IFCLA, was asked three questions about the 2018 Conference and these are her responses….