UK law Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 made The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/381 have been made. They amend primary and secondary legislation following the implementation of Parts 3, 4, and Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Digital Markets, Competition…
UK law CMA publishes final guidance on new direct consumer enforcement powers The CMA has published its final Direct Consumer Enforcement Guidance which sets out how it plans to use its direct consumer enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, which come into force on 6 April 2025. The CMA has…
As of 17 March, online platforms must start putting in place measures to comply with the duties to p[revent illegal harms under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compliance. Providers of services in scope of the OSA had until 16 March to carry out a suitable and…
UK law The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (CMA Consumer Enforcement Rules) Regulations 2025 The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (CMA Consumer Enforcement Rules) Regulations 2025 have been made. In the Regulations, the Secretary of State, using the power under section 211 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024…
The U.S. legal system is at a crossroads in the field of technology: Can it keep up with the rapid experimentation and deployment in AI ? While some states push for stronger privacy and AI laws, the federal government appears to lean toward deregulation. How does this fragmented approach impact businesses, consumers, and the future…
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UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 SI 2025/226 have been made. The Regulations stipulate threshold conditions which the Secretary of State must set under paragraph 1 of…
The ICO has announced three investigations looking into how TikTok, Reddit and Imgur protect the privacy of their child users in the UK. Tiktok Its investigation into TikTok is considering how the platform uses personal information of 13–17-year-olds in the UK to make recommendations to them and deliver suggested content to their feeds. This is…
The first set of duties on sites and apps in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act 2023 came into force when Ofcom published its illegal harms codes of practice and guidance on 16 December 2024. From that point, providers had three months to carry out a ‘suitable and sufficient’ illegal content risk assessment, in…
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The CJEU has issued its ruling in C-203/22 CK v Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH and Magistrat der Stadt Wien. A mobile telephone operator refused to allow a customer to enter into a contract because her credit standing was insufficient. The operator relied on an assessment of the customer’s credit standing carried out by automated…
The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom powers to require and obtain information it needs to exercise, or decide if to exercise, its online safety duties and functions. Following consultation, it has issued its final guidance about how and when it might use these powers. The guidance takes effect immediately. The guidance is not binding and…
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