Do social network providers require (further?) regulation?
John-Paul Tettmar-Saleh presents the third of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners ….
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Litigation & DR
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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Hover over boxes, ticket-prices and competition compliance: Viagogo AG v Competition and Markets Authority
Viagogo were seeking declarations that a hover over box showing the face value of tickets met the requirements of a CMA’s enforcement order…
Online Harms White Paper – SCL Consultation Response
The SCL response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. Thanks to Patricia Shaw, SCL Trustee, and Fiona Whiteside of Twenty Essex for co-ordinating and collating this response….
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Norwich Pharmacal orders, the GDPR – and porn: Mircom & Golden Eye v Virgin Media
Robin Hopkins reviews a surprising analysis of the GDPR in Mircom International and Golden Eye International v Virgin Media and Persons Unknown [2019] EWHC 1827 (Ch)…
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Tech Law News Round-Up
European Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of Amazon The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon’s use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules. The Commission intends to review the standard agreements between Amazon and marketplace sellers,…
US Privacy Law: What’s happening at state level?
Liz Harding looks at some of the state level privacy initiatives currently being considered or progressed in the US…
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ICO publishes annual report 2018-2019: ‘an unprecedented year’
The ICO has issued its annual report saying it covers an “unprecedented year”….
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Techlaw News Round-Up
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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