Disruption and consumer harm arising from IT failures in the financial services sector is “unacceptable” says Treasury Committee
Conclusions set out in report published by the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee….
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CAA publishes requirements for drone operators’ licences The CAA has published its requirements for mandatory registration and education of drone operators, which take effect on 30 November 2019, although the online scheme goes live from 5 November. There will be two elements to the online system. Anyone responsible for a drone or unmanned aircraft (including model…
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European Commission publishes 3rd report on the operation of the Privacy Shield
The European Commission has published its third report on the Privacy Shield, confirming that it ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EU to participating companies in the US….
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BEREC issues four consultations relating to telecoms and internet BEREC has issued four new consultations. The first relates to its updated net neutrality guidelines and ends on 28 November 2019. Further, BEREC is consulting on its project on identifying business requirements for the successful deployment of 5G in Europe, which also ends on 28 November…
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Age verification for online pornography dropped
The UK government has dropped its plans to introduce an age verification system for online pornography….
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SEC halts Telegram’s alleged $1.7 billion unregistered digital token offering
Latest move comes as Facebook’s Libra project loses more potential partners…
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Queen’s Speech: legislation of interest to technology lawyers
Proposed legislation includes online harms, drones, broadband as well as new initiatives in research and development and the space technology sector….
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Oxford Internet Institute suggests need for collective actions to help plug gaps in data rights & political campaigning law
Report examines the scope of the law concerning political campaigning and the current regulatory gaps in this area….
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The internet: broken or about to be broken?
Graham Smith’s Keynote Speech to the SCL Annual Conference 2019 in which he argues that proposed cures for a broken internet risk harming the patient….