The Techlaw News Round-Up
A round-up of other techlaw news from over the Easter break not covered separately on the site…
Litigation & DR
Online Harms White Paper published
The Home Office and Department of Media, Culture and Sport have jointly published an Online Harms White Paper…
Techlaw News Round-Up
Crown Commercial Service updates core terms and joint schedules for public sector contracts The Crown Commercial Service has updated the documents ‘Public Sector Contract—Core Terms’ and ‘Public Sector Contract—Joint Schedules’. The core terms form part of the framework and call-off contracts, which need to be used in every contract. The joint schedules can be used…
In Code we trust? Trustlessness and smart contracts
Mimi Zou, Grace Cheng and Marta Soria Heredia look at ‘trustlessness’ which they argue has given rise to a common misperception of smart contracts reducing or even eliminating the need for trust….
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Network and Information Systems (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regulations revoke several aspects of the NIS Regulations such as the obligation to communicate network security policy to the European Commission….
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Techlaw News Round-Up
EDPB consultation on connected vehicles, European parliament resolution on AI and joint statement on data protection compliance in financial services in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week…
Tech giants need more competition says Digital Competition Expert Panel
The UK government has published an independent report on the state of competition in digital markets…
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‘Digital world requires a new approach to regulation’ says House of Lords Communications Select Committee
The House of Lords Communication Select Committee has issued its report on Regulating in a Digital World…
Threat posed by social media to jury trials ‘manageable’: Attorney General
Response published to call for evidence initiated after collapse of trial in R v F & D…
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CMA publishes principles on accommodation booking websites
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published principles and accompanying guidance to help accommodation booking websites comply with consumer protection laws….
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