Consumer protection
Tech Collaborations – Harnessing potential whilst balancing risk
28 June 2019 - Megan McMellon
On 18 June, Google and Sanofi announced a new collaboration aimed at accelerating healthcare innovation. The collaboration has three key objectives: to better understand patients and diseases; to increase Sanofi’s operational efficiency; and to improve the experience of Sanofi’s patients and customers. Google and Sanofi will develop an Innovation Lab to test and explore both › Read More
New ICO report on adtech and real time bidding issues a warning shot to the adtech industry
24 June 2019 - Karishma Brahmbhatt
Following its adtech fact-finding forum in March this year, on 20 June 2019 the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published its Update report into adtech and real time bidding. The good news for those engaging in online behavioural advertising is that the report acknowledges that “the automated delivery of ad impressions is here to stay”. › Read More
German antitrust authority restricts Facebook’s processing of user data
13 February 2019 - Catharina Glugla
On 7 February 2019 the German antitrust authority (Bundeskartellamt) found that the extent to which Facebook collects, merges, attributes to and uses data in user accounts amounts to an abuse of a dominant position on the market for social networks. Under Facebook’s current terms and conditions, users have to agree to Facebook: (1) collecting user › Read More
Encouraging innovation whilst protecting the NHS data resource – a new code for digital technology
10 September 2018 - Connected Health , NHS Emma Keeling
As big data continues to be big news and data protection law continues to evolve, it is timely that the Department for Health and Social Care (the Department) has published a code of conduct relating to the use of data-driven health and care technology (the Code). Published in its initial form last week (5th September), › Read More
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidelines for third-party financial data sharing
12 November 2017 - Jacob Reed
On October 18, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published nine principles for the protection of consumers in the emerging financial data aggregation industry. The CFPB, which is charged with ensuring consumer access to fair and transparent financial services, emphasized that the principles are not intended as guidance on existing laws and regulations and › Read More