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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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, ...

Great news! Your UK based social media dating company – “Better Than Cupid” – just got funded. It’s been launched in the US and is slated to be released in other countries. You just started ...

The government is committed to building cutting-edge, secure, and sustainable AI infrastructure. It will take forward the recommendation to expand its sovereign compute capacity by at least twenty ...

The SCL has recently launched a new season of podcasts surveying Technology and Privacy Law Around the World, hosted by Mauricio Figueroa. The first one in the season ...