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…
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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Kate McKenna presents some key take-aways from the recent SCL Ireland event that took place on 28 November 2019….
The CMA is considering potential measures to open up the search market, measures to address the conflicts of interests and lack of transparency in digital advertising and requiring platforms to allow people to turn off personalised advertising. There are strong arguments for a new regulatory regime….
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Report explores the basic concepts of pseudonymisation, as well as technical solutions that can support implementation in practice….
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ASA upholds complaint about targeting of online advertising The ASA has upheld a complaint this week relating to an advertisement which appeared on a children’s TV channel for Popjam, a social media site for 7-12 year olds. The complainant was concerned that the advertisement’s encouragement to “get likes and followers to level up” could be…
The Directive aims to modernise consumer law, especially in relation to online trade…
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Peter Leonard on why our thinking about how to control the data ecosystems that smartphones have created is still a work in progress….
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Concerns expressed in their report on Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution…
The ICO has carried out an investigation and its findings raise serious concerns about live facial technology. It calls for a code of practice….
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