Miscellaneous

Martin Sloan reports on a decision from one of the German data protection authorities has cast doubt over whether use of the popular email marketing platform by EU organisations MailChimp is lawful under GDPR. The decision emphases the importance carrying out full assessments on the use of US-hosted technology services and transfers of personal data outside the UK and EU/EEA, following last year’s Schrems II decision….

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Peter Yapp, our regular contributor on cybersecurity, with some suggestions on how best to tackle the growing menace that is ransomware….

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Government will consult later this year on legislative change for protecting AI-generated inventions which would otherwise not meet inventorship criteria….

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Law Commission says that this is a period of acute social, technological and political change as it consults on 14th programme of work…

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This is the first time the CMA has had to take this step in a consumer protection case….

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One in seven platform users claim to have been exposed to potentially harmful material…

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A team from DLA Piper review where we are with the regulation of AI and the myriad guidance now available from regulators and governments…

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The new regulations will apply to BT from April 2021 until March 2026….

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Highest judicial authority under the EPC was considering application related to modelling of pedestrian movement….

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James Castro-Edwards looks the genesis of the Facebook group litigation now before the courts and considers whether the current trickle of such claims could become a flood….

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