Royal Society report highlights the benefits and risks of neural interface technologies
The Royal Society has published a report on neural interfaces, highlighting the challenges, risks and opportunities for the UK….
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Sue McLean and Toby Crick, Co-Chairs of this year’s SCL Conference, invite you to attend SCL’s flagship annual event
“The New Technology Lawyer” – SCL Annual Conference 2019 – Wednesday 2 October 2019 at The IET, London…
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Scottish government publishes Programme for Government 2019-2020 The Scottish government has published its Programme for Government 2019-2020. It sets out the actions that the Scottish government will take in the coming year and beyond, including regarding technology. The document points out that transport is undergoing a period of rapid technological transformation which provides opportunities for…
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Facial recognition in school leads to Sweden’s first GDPR fine The Swedish DPA has fined a municipality 200 000 SEK for using facial recognition technology to monitor the attendance of students in school. A school in northern Sweden conducted a pilot using facial recognition to keep track of students’ attendance in school. The test run…
Fully automated AI decision-making systems: some thoughts from the ICO
The ICO’s AI Auditing Framework team’s latest post on their immensely helpful blog accompanying the project looks at the interaction between fully automated decision making and the GDPR….
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Cookies and Adtech: The ICO’s ambitious recipe for compliance
Kate Brimsted and Tom Evans summarise the ICO’s recent cookie guidance and report on AdTech which set out some lessons and warnings for website owners in general and the online advertising industry in particular…
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Telecoms Supply Chain Review leads to new security requirements for operators
New telecoms security legislation to be introduced and cyber security risks to be prioritised across the sector following publication of report…
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Implementing the European Electronic Communications Code
The UK government is consulting on implementing the European Electronic Communications Code….
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Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 on online intermediation services published in Official Journal Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services was published in the Official Journal on 11 July 2019. It will enter into force on the…
Thinking harder about data ‘ownership’ and regulation of data driven business
Peter Leonard challenges some accepted wisdom about the value of big data and how data driven businesses are regulated….
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