Simon Deane-Johns takes a step back to review the state of play on AI, AI risk management and some regulatory trends round the world. The widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) – particularly generative AI – as well as the challenges it brings and the fact you may not know you’re relying on it, requires…
Áine Rafferty knows an in-house legal team is a critical component for many technology firms and has been recognised by industry peers for leading high performing in house technology teams. Here she provides some steers on how to make sure the team is valued by the other parts of the business. The role of the…
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Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Helen Hart look at the recent case of Harber, a tax case involving fictitious case references generated by ChatGPT…
The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is intended to protect the integrity and security of computer systems and data through criminalising access to them that has not been authorised by the owner of the system or data….
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Louise Hooper, of Garden Court Chambers, highlights how the existing human rights framework can be put to good use in the regulation of technology. Adapted from her talk at the SCL Annual Conference….
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Ben Evans takes a critical look at recent UK and EU developments in Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot….
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Christopher Millard and Johan David Michels chronicle the pleasures and the pains of launching a cloud computing law course in the cloud….
Historical events have always influenced the law and legal practice, which by their nature must adapt to societal and technological changes. For this 50th Anniversary edition of the magazine, we revisit a time when computers were just becoming a fundamental part of everyday life, and how the Y2K Bug (and especially the reaction and response…
As 2023 starts to draw to a close, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Cyber landscape as it is and more specifically, threat actors that have been prevalent over the past year. With lower barriers to entry and an expansive risk environment, the cost of cyber-crime has reached £6.6 billion, surpassing…
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In the GDPR, the term “vulnerable” appears once. Recital 75 says that the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons may result from personal data processing of vulnerable natural persons in particular children, which could lead to physical, material, or non-material damage. What does “vulnerable” mean? Who is a vulnerable natural person, how…
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