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UK government consults on proposals to protect businesses from cybercrime

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The UK government is consulting on proposals to protect hospitals, railways and public services from ransomware attacks. The NCSC managed 430 cyber incidents between September 2023 and August 2024, including 13 ransomware incidents which were deemed to be nationally significant and posed serious harm to essential services or the wider economy. Reporting to the National…

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General Court orders Commission to pay damages to website visitor due to transfer of personal data to the US

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In Bindl v Commission, an individual in Germany complained that the Commission had infringed his right to the protection of his personal data when, in 2021 and 2022, he visited a Commission website and registered using the Commission’s EU Login authentication service, having selected the option of signing in using his Facebook account. The individual…

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ICO updates guidance on the use of storage and access technologies

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The ICO has issued updated guidance about the use of storage and access technologies with the primary aim of giving regulatory certainty to organisations. It explains how the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) and where relevant, data protection law apply when organisations use technologies that store information, or access information stored,…

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CMA sets out initial plans as new digital markets competition regime comes into force

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The Competition and Markets Authority has set out its initial plans for the new digital markets competition regime. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act received Royal Assent in May 2024 and the new digital markets competition regime came into force on 1 January 2025. The CMA issued guidance about its substantive and procedural approach…

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UK government cracks down on explicit deepfakes

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The UK government has announced that it intends to crack down on explicit deepfakes.  It will introduce new offences covering both creating and sharing deepfake images. This reflects the government’s manifesto commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes as well as recommendations from the Law Commission relating to intimate images. The government will…

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Ofcom issues review of Public Service Media 2019-23

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Ofcom has published its review of public service broadcasting and says that broadcasters are delivering well for UK audiences, in challenging times. As part of its role to support and strengthen the quality of public service broadcasting (PSB), Ofcom has a duty to periodically review how television services provided by the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel…

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Ofcom publishes final version of illegal harms guidance under Online Safety Act

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Ofcom has published its first-edition codes of practice and guidance on tackling illegal harms, such as terror, hate, fraud, child sexual abuse and assisting or encouraging suicide, under the UK’s Online Safety Act. The Act places new safety duties on social media firms, search engines, messaging, gaming and dating apps, and pornography and file-sharing sites….

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