The ICO has published its online tracking strategy which sets out how it will promote compliance with the law in 2025 to obtain a fairer online tracking ecosystem for people and business. The ICO ...

Online reviews can have a huge impact on consumer spending. The CMA has estimated that as much as £23 billion of UK consumer spending is potentially influenced by online reviews annually, and research ...

The UK government has published its response to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee report on the governance of AI. It thanks the Committee for its report, and ...

The UK government has tabled an amendment to the Data (Use and Access Bill) to deal with deepfakes. The Data (Use and Access) Bill is currently before Parliament. The government’s amendment will ...

During its January 2025 plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted guidelines on pseudonymisation, as well as a statement on the interplay of competition law and data ...

The UK government has launched a call for evidence about the use of computer evidence in court, Current principles around the use of evidence generated by computer software in criminal proceedings ...

The Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are consulting about measures to regulate the ticket resale market. The consultation proposes a cap on resale ...

Ofcom has published its final guidance on age assurance under the Online Safety Act 2023. It says that robust age checks are a cornerstone of the OSA. It requires services which allow pornography or ...

Technology procurement has evolved over the decades. Gone are the days of just procuring IT hardware alone, or standard software. Organisations have become more dependent upon Cloud solutions, usually ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Case C‑394/23 Mousse v CNIL and SNCF that asking customers to state their gender title (Mr or Ms) when buying train tickets is not necessary for ...