ICO consults on right of access guidance
Comments requested by 12 February 2020…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Liability for AI: European Commission publishes Experts’ report
Report looks at liability for AI and other digital technologies….
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Explaining AI decision making: ICO and the Alan Turing Institute consult on joint guidance
Consultation runs until on 24 January 2020….
This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
MEP priorities for Digital Services, Act, ICO blog post, e-scooter inqury, CAA drone guidance, European parliament briefing on cryptoassets, WTO e-commerce report, ICANN consultation and reports on contract tracing in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week….
STEAM NOT STEM! Training, jobs and education in the age of AI
Lord Tim Clement-Jones ponders the impact that the growing use of AI will have on the world of work and what that means for the development of the curriculum. Adapted from his opening scene-setting speech delivered to the SCL World Café in November 2019….
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Voices from the World Cafe
David Chaplin, Editor of Computers & Law, was privileged to able to join in at the World Café that aimed to kick start new ideas for the law curriculum in the digital age. As he explains it was an impossible event to summarise….
This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Court of Appeal grants leave to appeal in facial recognition case The Court of Appeal has granted leave to appeal the High Court decision in R (on the application of Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Information Commissioner and another intervening) [2019] EWHC 2341, relating to South Wales’ police use of facial recognition…
Cryptoassets are property and Smart Contracts can satisfy the basic requirements of English contract law says new legal statement
A Legal Statement on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts has been launched by the Chancellor of the High Court…
MEPs vote through new rules to close VAT loopholes for sales made through online platforms
Directive supplements the VAT e-commerce directive and is due to come into force in 2021…
ICO seeks views on Proceeds of Crime Act powers
The ICO is consulting on an application to be given investigative and other powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to close potential gap between civil and criminal fines…
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