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Why has the UK Government extended the deadline for use of the CE product marking for manufactured goods placed on the market in Great Britain to 1 January 2023?

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DCMS consults on plans to reform UK data protection regime

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What does the Government have in mind for the future of the UK’s data compliance landscape?

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ICO releases summary of discussions between G7 data protection authorities

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How will the G7 data protection authorities cooperate in the future and how will this cooperation potentially shape data protection within those countries?

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DCMS announces post-Brexit global data plan for the UK

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How will the UK become a “business friendly” country for international data transfers?

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ICO approves first certification scheme criteria under the GDPR

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How can the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) help businesses and other organisations demonstrate that they comply with data protection standards?

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ICO consults on new draft international data transfer proposals

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What steps are being proposed by the UK’s ICO to protect personal data being transferred outside the UK?

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ICO publishes guidance on three standards of Children’s Code

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What must organisations do, or avoid doing, to meet the “best interests of the child”, “detrimental use of data” and “data minimisation” standards of the Children’s Code?

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Government publishes online safety guidance for businesses

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What are the key issues highlighted by the House of Lords with the Government’s Online Safety Bill?

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Law Commission publishes reforms targeting serious harm arising from online abuse.

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

Will the proposed reforms targeting serious harms arising from online abuse be more effective at criminalising harmful behaviour?

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NGO submits complaints on allegedly discriminatory algorithms for job ads

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How can online platforms ensure their ad targeting algorithms are non-discriminatory?

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DCMS publishes policy paper on digital competition regulation

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How does the Government plan to drive growth and innovation in digital technologies?

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DCMS and BEIS consult on new pro-competition regime for digital markets

Published on 25 Nov 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What will a future pro-competition regime look like for digital markets and how will it potentially impact businesses operating in the digital marketplace?

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Snapshots - Summer 2021

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.

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UK government publishes draft Online Safety Bill

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How could the Online Safety Bill (the Bill) affect online companies, in particular ‘big tech’?

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ASA research into racial and ethnic stereotyping in ads

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

To what extent do racial and ethnic stereotypes, when featured in ads, contribute to real world harms and how might this type of stereotyping be regulated in the future?

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Sexualisation and objectification in advertising

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

Where does the ASA draw the line between “sexy” advertising and sexual objectification?

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How not to run an influencer prize promotion

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

If you’re an influencer with a substantial following, and you plan on running a free prize draw, how careful do you need to be in selecting the winner from the (likely) huge number of responses?

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Ofcom consults on advertising on video-sharing platforms

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

What measures are likely to be put in place on the advertising of video-sharing platforms (VSPs), like YouTube and TikTok?

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Advertising cryptocurrencies – staying on the right side of the regulatory line

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

What are the key issues to be alive to when advertising cryptocurrencies and NFTs?

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#ad your advertising posts on social media

Published on 02 Aug 2021.

How much more reminding do influencers, and the brands working with them, need to ensure that all social media posts which advertise products or services are tagged with #ad?!

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Singapore High Court denies first-ever private action brought under the PDPA

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Jonathan Crompton, Partner

What is the definition of “loss or damage”, a threshold requirement which data subjects need to satisfy to pursue a right of private action under the Personal Data Protection Act 2021 (the PDPA)? Specifically, will emotional distress and/or loss of control over personal data suffered by data subjects fall within the definition of “loss or damage”?

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UK Law Commission launches call for evidence on digital and crypto assets

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How ready is English law to accommodate emerging technologies, in particular digital assets?

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European Commission looks to strengthen the Code of Practice on Disinformation

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What steps are being taken to strengthen the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation (the Code)?

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European Commission proposes new rules on AI

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

How will future EU regulations affect the development of artificial intelligence (AI)?

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Facebook combats fake reviews following CMA pressure

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What does the CMA’s prompting of Facebook to take action over fake reviews signal to the online marketplace in terms of potential future action in this area?

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Tackling the issue of “doxxing” in Hong Kong

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Jonathan Crompton, Partner

What legislative changes are being considered in Hong Kong to address the rise in doxxing cases and the resulting harm caused to the affected data subjects?

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CMA to publish “greenwashing” guidance in Autumn 2021

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What measures will regulators introduce to prevent businesses from misleading consumers about their products’ “green” credentials?

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CMA targets anti-virus software companies on subscription auto-renewals

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What consumer rights concerns have the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) recent enforcement actions raised, especially with regards to automatic subscription renewals?

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CMA continues consultation on potential harms caused by algorithms

Published on 02 Aug 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

What competition and consumer harms are the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) finding in the operation of algorithms, and how is it seeking to address these?

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Snapshots - Spring 2021

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

A roundup of key legal developments for the modern commercial lawyer.

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ICO launches data analytics toolkit

Published on 09 Jun 2021.

What’s in the ICO’s new data analytics toolkit, and how far down the privacy compliance road does it take you?

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UK publishes response to consultation on online harms

Published on 09 Jun 2021.

What does the government’s response to its consultation on the Online Harms White Paper mean for “Big Tech”?

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ICO resumes investigation into real time bidding (RTB) and AdTech

Published on 09 Jun 2021.

What will be the ultimate impact of the ICO’s continuing investigations into RTB and AdTech?

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Data privacy in China Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By Jonathan Crompton, Partner

On 15 March 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation in Mainland China officially approved the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Online Transactions (the “Measures”), which came into force on 1 May 2021.

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Catching up data privacy laws in Asia are changing

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By Jonathan Crompton, Partner

The data privacy landscape in Asia is varied, complex and evolving. We are already seeing the wheels of change in motion as the data privacy laws of several Asian jurisdictions are being updated to reflect more closely the European data protection regime. This article summarises some of those changes.

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Unfair Contract Terms Directive | Fairness of term containing possibility of creating a significant imbalance

Published on 09 Jun 2021.

When should the fairness of a term be assessed in a consumer contract?

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Penalty clause regarding IP rights harsh but not unenforceable

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By David Cran, Partner, Head of IP & Tech

Permavent Ltd and another v Makin [2021] EWHC 467 (Ch)

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The Technology & Construction Court considers when damages will be awarded for wrongful termination of a services agreement

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By David Cran, Partner, Head of IP & Tech

CIS General Insurance Ltd v IBM United Kingdom Ltd [2021] EWHC 347 (TCC)

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The EDPS publishes its opinion on the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act

Published on 09 Jun 2021. By Oliver Bray, Senior Partner

The question: What recommendations has the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) made in respect of the EU’s proposed Digitals Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA)?