“Uncritical reliance on technology” could lead to wrong decisions in criminal justice warns Law Society
Report by Technology and Law Public Policy Commission published…
Litigation & DR
First significant GDPR fine imposed by Lithuanian DPA
The State Data Protection Inspectorate in Lithuania has imposed an administrative fine of EUR 61,500 for breaches of the GDPR….
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Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019
Regulations implement a new sanctions regime for cyber-attacks…
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Do social network providers require (further?) regulation? #1
The winner of the inaugural SCL Sir Henry Brooke Student Essay Prize 2019 Winner, Robert Lewis, takes a wide-ranging look at the disparities between the laws regulating social networks and those regulating its users and the traditional media…
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Event Report: Abusive and Offensive Online Communications: the current criminal law and the need for reform
Christopher Ireland reports on the recent lecture by Professor David Ormerod touching on the Law Commission’s work around online harm and abuse…
POFMA: Singapore’s anti-fake news law
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore Correspondent, reports on the background and passage of Singapore’s controversial fake news law which has extra territorial consequences…
Subject access requests and further judicial clarification: 7 key points to note from the Rudd v Bridle judgment
Neil Brown, of decoded.legal, picks out some key practice points from the recent judgment in Rudd v Bridle which dealt with SARs and the use of the litigation privilege exemption…
Government publishes response to Committee report on Disinformation
The UK government has published its response to the DCSM Select Committee’s final report on Disinformation….
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This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Draft investigatory powers regulations published, Law Society guidance, gambling news and HMTCS blog post in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week…
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation seeks views on targeting and bias in algorithmic decision making
Consultation open until 14th June with interim report to follow Summer 2019…