The European Commission has published a report on the impact of the GDPR after a year in force and how implementation can be improved…
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John-Paul Tettmar-Saleh presents the third of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners ….
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Kate Brimsted and Tom Evans summarise the ICO’s recent cookie guidance and report on AdTech which set out some lessons and warnings for website owners in general and the online advertising industry in particular…
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Viagogo were seeking declarations that a hover over box showing the face value of tickets met the requirements of a CMA’s enforcement order…
The SCL response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. Thanks to Patricia Shaw, SCL Trustee, and Fiona Whiteside of Twenty Essex for co-ordinating and collating this response….
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Curators of the SCL response express concerns over structure and scope of the proposals…
Robin Hopkins reviews a surprising analysis of the GDPR in Mircom International and Golden Eye International v Virgin Media and Persons Unknown [2019] EWHC 1827 (Ch)…
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European Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of Amazon The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon’s use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules. The Commission intends to review the standard agreements between Amazon and marketplace sellers,…
Consultation on its draft code of practice on data sharing ends 9 September…
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Liz Harding looks at some of the state level privacy initiatives currently being considered or progressed in the US…
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