Digital Transformation and Disputes
What is digital transformation? Where do the risks lie that may result in disputes between customer and supplier? William Hooper with some insights from the expert witness perspective…
Miscellaneous
Privacy and technology: can you stay connected and retain your privacy?
Peter Yapp, our regular contributor on cybersecurity, sets out some useful reminders on how to minimise the intrusion of privacy when using the major social media networks and thus reduce your exposure to data breach…
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Competition & Markets Authority directs Facebook to sell Giphy
The CMA requires Facebook/Meta to sell Giphy after finding deal could harm social media users and UK advertisers….
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ICO issues provisional view to fine Clearview AI Inc over £17 million
In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of people in the UK and to delete it….
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CMA consults on new commitments regarding Google’s Privacy Sandbox
Consultation ends until 17 December 2021….
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ICO calls on companies to eliminate existing privacy risks posed by adtech industry
ICO says that technologies used in online advertising, and the way they are deployed, have the potential to be highly privacy intrusive….
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Council of the European Union agrees proposals for digital markets and services legislation
The Council of the European Union has agreed its positions for the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act., which were proposed by the European Commission in December 2020….
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill introduced to UK parliament
New law will impose new security standards on manufacturers, importers and distributors of connected technologies…
Display in electronic inbox of advertising messages in a form similar to that of a real email is direct marketing under Directive 2002/58
Those messages give rise to a likelihood of confusion that could lead a user who clicks on the link corresponding to the advertising message to be redirected, against his or her will, to an internet site displaying that advertisement…