Did an exchange of emails create a contract? High Court judgment in Athena v Superdrug
The High Court found that they did in a hearing for summary judgment….
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ICO consults on draft direct marketing code of practice
The consultation ends on 4 March 2020 and the final version will be published later in 2020….
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EVENT REPORT: Exploring bias in AI
Kate McKenna presents some key take-aways from the recent SCL Ireland event that took place on 28 November 2019….
Predictions 2020: There is always work for undertakers
Professor Chris Marsden thinks there will be a mini-cyberlaw boom as we adjust to the post-Brexit era….
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CMA announces that Amazon’s Deliveroo investment raises competition concerns The Competition and Markets Authority has said that Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo raises serious competition concerns for UK customers that may require an in-depth investigation by the CMA. While Amazon would not take full control of Deliveroo’s business, the CMA has assessed how the deal could…
CMA’s interim report on online platforms and digital advertising published
The CMA is considering potential measures to open up the search market, measures to address the conflicts of interests and lack of transparency in digital advertising and requiring platforms to allow people to turn off personalised advertising. There are strong arguments for a new regulatory regime….
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Predictions: The rise of new regulation to deal with anonymous persons who can hide behind instruments like blockchain
Katie Simmonds and Andy Parsons from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP see that blockchain and GDPR may not be compatible….
Predictions: The Kemp Little Top 5
Marta Dunphy-Moriel presents Kemp Little’s Top 5 Predictions for 2020 touching on privacy class actions, ad tech scrutiny, facial recognition and autonomous vehicles….
This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
European Commission publishes EU Cybersecurity Taxonomy The European Commission has recently published a revision of its cybersecurity taxonomy guidelines. The taxonomy aims to provide a clear definition of the cybersecurity context, its domains of application, research and knowledge. It proposes a high level set of definitions and categorisation domains so that they can be used…
Reflections on 2019: Convergence, Incursion and Contradictions
Kicking off our Predictions, Reflections and Resolutions in earnest, Anna Cook and Vik Khurana of Bristows reflect on how technology has featured in society in 2019, touching on announcements by tech companies, investigations by regulators and pitches by political leaders….
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