Legal Schema complements the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts, the Law Commission’s review of smart contracts and related projects….
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Commission to consider if Google is distorting competition by restricting access by third parties to user data for advertising purposes on websites and apps, while reserving such data for its own use….
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Siobhan McKeering from The Law Commission explains why they are looking into the law surrounding electronic documents and how it fits with other initiatives around digital technology…
The ICO has pointed out that live facial recognition often involves the automatic collection of biometric data and therefore has greater potential to be used in a privacy-intrusive way….
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They also want a ban on AI that can lead to unfair discrimination…
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Coran Darling looks at the recent guidance for video sharing platforms that fills a void left by delays to the Online Safety regime and ponders what comes next…
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In certain circumstances, a national supervisory authority may exercise its power to bring an alleged infringement of the GDPR before a court of an EU member state, although that authority is not the lead supervisory authority regarding that data processing….
CMA concerned that their market power is harming users and other businesses…
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The CMA has secured commitments from Google to address concerns about Google’s proposal to remove third-party cookies on Chrome and work with them on the Privacy Sandbox….
The decision emphasises the importance of investment by the database maker….