In the first of three articles touching on the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, published in November 2019, Laura Wright & Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard review Mr Justice Bryan’s judgment in AA v Persons Unknown, in which he considered the effect of the new guidance….
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UK government says more research is needed to refine next steps but intends to introduce legislation….
The code allows for a 12 month transition period once in force and should be considered at the design stage by all providers of online services….
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Christopher Knight summarises a recent CJEU decision on whether use of CCTV cameras in an apartment building was necessary…
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The first Opinion under DP Act 2018, tackling concerns about the use of facial recognition technology, was issued by the UK’s Information Commissioner in October 2019. Aaminah Khan analyses the issues at stake…
Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill receives first reading in House of Lords The Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 14 January. It assigns certain functions to Ofcom in relation to online harms regulation. In particular, Ofcom would prepare and publish a report containing recommendations…
EU Directive on privacy and electronic communications precludes national legislation in the UK, France and Belgium….
The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….
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CJEU finds that modifying the source code of a software package falls within the copyright of a computer program for which the Software Directive provides protection….
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Kate McKenna presents some key take-aways from the recent SCL Ireland event that took place on 28 November 2019….