In this article we consider the circumstances in which a company which suffers a cyber attack may seek to recover its losses from an IT services provider, and the factors which the company and its advisors should consider. A typical scenario is where a company outsources the management of its IT systems to a managed…
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UK law Select Committee issues report on connected technology The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has issued a report on connected technology. It says that users must be given clear information about, and a fair chance to understand, the basis on which their data is used and how to exercise their…
From the strikes taking place across Hollywood, worrying headline captions about radical technological evolution replacing the human workforce to the excitement and concern about ChatGPTs used in misinformation campaigns – Artificial Intelligence (AI) is simultaneously enthralling to those seeking to utilise it and frightening for those envisaging scenes where machines take over the world. Peel…
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In November 2020, Ofcom was appointed as the regulator for video-sharing platforms established in the UK. The Communications Act 2003 lists measures that VSP providers must take to protect users from relevant harmful material and under-18s from restricted material. Ofcom has now published a report on video sharing platforms which considers how easy it is…
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Online Choice Architecture consists of tools and techniques used on websites to “nudge” consumers into making certain transactional decisions. The CMA is carrying out a programme of work in this area and is currently investigating Emma Sleep and Wowcher for their use of OCA. The ICO and CMA have now issued a joint report which…
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The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation under the EU Merger Regulation to review the proposed acquisition of Figma by Adobe. The Commission has concerns that the transaction may reduce competition in the global markets for the supply of interactive product design software and for digital asset creation tools. Adobe is a global software…
James Bessen’s The New Goliaths landed on this reader’s desk for review just as the present AI fanfare started to gain momentum. While the book offers little in the way of concrete predictions as to the development of competition and innovation in AI, its prescience should not be underestimated. Indeed, this eminently readable account of…
UK law Platform Operators (Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2023 made The Platform Operators (Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/817) have been made. They come into force on 1 January 2024. They implement the OECD (2020), Model Rules for Reporting by Platform Operators with respect to Sellers in the Sharing and Gig…
Since issuing a call for evidence in 2021, the UK government has developed proposals for consultation, setting out the next steps in reforming the product safety regulatory framework. It points out that from online marketplaces to connected devices, they way people buy products and the products themselves have gone through huge changes in recent years…
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UK law Court of Appeal rules that technical trade secrets should not be disclosed in order after judgment The case arose in the context of a decision by the Patents Court that a patent was valid and infringed. The parties involved had a further dispute about confidentiality issues regarding the order the Court was going…