European Commission welcomes European Parliament’s vote on new rules for sharing public sector data
The European Parliament has approved the Open Data and Public Sector Information Directive, which has been welcomed by the European Commission….
Privacy & Data Protection
CMA launches a consumer law investigation into auto-renewal of online gaming memberships
The Competition and Markets Authority is looking at the practice as used on the Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox….
This week’s techlaw news snippets
A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site (w/b 29/04/2019)…
Techlaw News Round-Up
EDPB consultation on connected vehicles, European parliament resolution on AI and joint statement on data protection compliance in financial services in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week…
The AG’s Opinion on box ticking and consent: Planet49 GmbH Case 673/17
The Advocate General has issued an opinion in Case 673/17 Planet49 GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V….
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The AG’s Opinion in Google France: would it provide a proper remedy?
Dr Paul Lambert wonders whether the AG’s recent opinion on the Google France case would, if followed, provide a proper remedy for victims of online abuse….
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Building the ICO’s auditing framework for Artificial Intelligence
The ICO seeks contributions on the development of an auditing framework for AI….
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European Data Protection Board calls on EU legislators to intensify their efforts to adopt an ePrivacy Regulation,
The European Data Protection Board has adopted a number of statements at its recent plenary session held on 12/13th March 2019 covering, among other things, the GDPR and the proposed ePrivacy Regulation….
Data Protection (Charges and Information) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Regulations extend, to various classes of politician, the definition of exempt processing for the purposes of paying a fee to the ICO…
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The SCL Student Tech Law Challenge – a winning account
Lauren Graham, one half of the winning team, gives her account of the recent Student Tech Law Challenge held at University of Law, London…
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