In June 2022, the ICO announced a two-year trial of a revised approach to working more effectively with public authorities across the UK. This is the “public sector approach”, which saw the use of the Commissioner’s discretion to reduce the impact of fines on public bodies and the services they provide, and aimed at improving…
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UK law Court of Appeal rejects appeal against UK Information Commissioner’s monetary penalty notice The ICO has issued a statement welcoming the Court of Appeal’s unanimous dismissal of an appeal by Doorstep Dispensaree Limited (DDL) against a monetary penalty notice (MPN) issued by the Commissioner on 17 December 2019. In its judgment, the CoA rejected…
Ofcom has updated its strategy and approach to digital markets, highlighting those areas on which it intends to focus its attention as well as some of its recent work. Since it published its Digital Markets Strategy in September 2022, Ofcom has carried out work in the following areas: Future objectives Ofcom’s next areas of focus…
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UK law Government publishes revised UK digital identity and attributes trust framework The UK government has published a gamma version of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework. The trust framework is a set of rules for an organisation to follow if they want to have their service certified as a trustworthy digital verification…
During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published guidelines on Article 48 of the GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities and approved a new European Data Protection Seal. Assessing data transfer requests by third country authorities Organisations often receive requests from public authorities in other countries to share personal data….
Patent Court considers Panasonic interim licence in FRAND case In Lenovo Group Ltd and others v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and another [2024] EWHC 2941 (Pat), the Patents Court refused Lenovo’s application for a declaration that a willing licensor and a willing licensee would agree to an interim cross-licence of standard essential patents (SEPs) with Ericsson…
The Competition and Markets Authority’s independent inquiry group has carried out an in-depth assessment of the mobile browser markets and has provisionally concluded that they are not working well for UK businesses and millions of phone users. Most of the concerns that the group has identified relate to Apple’s policies that determine how mobile browsers…
The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee has launched an inquiry into social media, misinformation and algorithms. The inquiry follows the anti-immigration demonstrations and riots which took place across the UK earlier this year. Some targeted mosques and hotels housing asylum seekers, driven in part by false claims that spread on social media platforms relating…
UK law Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 made The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1188) have been made. They make amendments to the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 and come into force on 10 December 2024. Criminal offences…
UK law Ofcom publishes letter to online service providers on generative AI and chatbots Ofcom has published an open letter to online service providers in the UK about how the Online Safety Act 2023 applies to generative AI and chatbots. Websites or apps which use a generative AI chatbot that enables users to share text,…