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Furman report on unlocking digital competition
20 March 2019 - Antonio Bavasso
On 13 March the UK Government published a report by an expert panel established by the Chancellor and led by Harvard economist and former White House economic adviser, Jason Furman, on reforms to competition rules and regulation in the digital sector: “Unlocking digital competition”. Executive summary The report was commissioned in the context of global › Read More
19 March 2019 - Adtech , PL&B Karishma Brahmbhatt
Since the dawn of the GDPR-era almost ten months ago, the Adtech industry has found itself the privacy equivalent of Pantone’s Color of the year. During their relatively short stint under the GDPR microscope, adtech players have already seen: 1. Web and cross-device tracking for marketing making its way onto the ICO’s priority-list for 2018-2019; › Read More
Will the Post Brexit UK be an “Adequate” Destination for EU Data?
21 February 2019 - David Smith
For the moment everyone’s attention is on whether the UK will crash out of the EU on 29 March or whether a last minute transitional deal will be agreed. There could even be a delay to Brexit but sooner or later the question will arise as to whether a post Brexit UK can satisfy the › Read More
15 February 2019 - Emma Keeling
On the 23 January 2019, the European Data Protection Board (the EDPB) adopted an opinion on the interplay between the EU Clinical Trials Regulation (536/2014) (the CTR) and the General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (the GDPR) (the Opinion). The Opinion aims to provide greater certainty for those conducting clinical trials, clarifying: • the distinction between › Read More
IP owners to pay the costs of blocking access to infringing websites
21 June 2018 - blocking injunctions , ISP David Stone
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that trade mark owners should pay the costs of implementing a court order requiring UK ISPs to block access to websites selling counterfeit goods. This is a reversal of previous decisions, which had required the ISPs to bear these costs. Rights holders will still be able to obtain › Read More
Using artificial intelligence to fight financial crime – a legal risk perspective
27 February 2018 - Ian Rodgers
The Head of the Financial Crime Department at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA), Rob Gruppetta, gave a speech on “Using artificial intelligence to keep criminal funds out of the financial system” in December 2017 (1). In it, he explored how artificial intelligence (AI) could potentially be used to prevent financial crime, and for › Read More