European Data Protection Board adopts guidelines on application of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR The European Data Protection Board has adopted guidelines on the scope and application of Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 in relation to information society services. In its guidelines, the EDPB makes general observations regarding data protection principles and the…
The UK government has issued a call for views on the UK’s proposed approach to regulating non-UK based digital service providers operating in the UK under the NIS Regulations after the UK leaves the EU….
The UK government has announced that age verification measures for online pornography under the Digital Economy Act 2017 will come into force in the UK on 15 July 2019….
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The High Court has considered to what extent the claimant could obtain remedies for inadequate subject access responses under the Data Protection Act 1998….
The Information Commissioner has launched a consultation on a draft code of practice on age-appropriate design, a code of practice for online services likely to be accessed by children….
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A round-up of other techlaw news from over the Easter break not covered separately on the site…
The Home Office and Department of Media, Culture and Sport have jointly published an Online Harms White Paper…
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…
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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Regulations revoke several aspects of the NIS Regulations such as the obligation to communicate network security policy to the European Commission….
Read More… from Network and Information Systems (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019