11 Apr, 2024 Beware of the GDPR: why oral references are not risk free By Tabitha Al-Mahdawie Many employers rely on oral references to assess the suitability of candidates for a job, but a recent court ruling has confirmed that...
12 Jan, 2024 A cautionary tale: the use of cross market non-compete clauses By Megan Humphreys On 26 October 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a preliminary ruling dealing with the treatment under...
19 Jul, 2023 Opening up AI: have the front-runners met(a) their match? By Markos Day Meta is set to become the latest tech giant to try and grab its piece of the artificial intelligence (AI) pie through its reported...
06 Jul, 2023 Ratcheting regulatory interest in sustainability-linked loans By Jamie Macpherson Rachel Richardson Andrew Perkins Adam Caines +1 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made clear its concerns regarding the "greenwashing" potential of sustainability-linked loans...
23 Jun, 2023 Data bridge over troubled water: agreement in principle to extend EU-US Privacy Shield 2.0 By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth On 8 June 2023, UK and US government officials announced that they had “committed in principle” to establishing a data bridge that would...
12 Jun, 2023 Representative action struck out given need for individualised assessment of each claim By Simon Day Fred Snowball The High Court has dismissed a claim against Google and its subsidiary DeepMind for damages for misuse of private information. Claim In...
01 Jun, 2023 Meta handed the largest fine in GDPR history for breach of international transfer provisions By Rosie Duckworth Fred Snowball Chris Akka Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra +1 more... Show less On 22 May 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (the Irish DPC) announced that it is fining Meta (formerly known as Facebook) €1.2...
31 May, 2023 Government rejects proposal for further regulation in the secondary ticketing sector By Martha Campbell Matthew Bennett The UK government has formally responded to the CMA’s call for greater regulation of the secondary ticketing market, announcing this...
09 May, 2023 You've Gotta Have (Good) Faith By Martha Campbell The fundamental function of trade marks is as an indicator of origin – that is, to enable consumers to easily distinguish the goods and...
25 Apr, 2023 TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) has recently concluded its investigation into Tiktok’s use of the personal data of...
17 Apr, 2023 Can AI be the inventor of a patent? By Alishea Patel Martha Campbell Advances in AI technologies are increasingly leading to the creation of new works with minimal human input, raising questions on the...
11 Apr, 2023 The CMA’s increasing scrutiny of online businesses’ use of urgency claims By Matthew Bennett On 31 March 2023, the CMA issued a press release announcing that it had launched an investigation into Wowcher's use of countdown timers...
06 Apr, 2023 “Likely to be accessed by children” – ICO seeks feedback on new draft guidance on the Children’s Code By Kazia Gagg Mark Cusack The Children’s Code (the Code) (which we covered in a previous article) applies to Information Society Service (ISS) providers whose...
27 Feb, 2023 Road blocks to Roblox? New data protection guidance for game developers By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published new guidance for video game developers on protecting children. This...
20 Feb, 2023 Generative AI’s copyright conundrum By Mark Cusack AI tools which produce realistic content have burst onto the scene over the past 12 months. From the images generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E...
13 Feb, 2023 Crypto advertising in the UK - new regulatory regime incoming By Alishea Patel Rosie Duckworth On 1 February HM Treasury published a consultation and call for evidence on its proposals for a financial services regulatory regime for...