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10 October 2024

The UK’s Data Protection Regulator begins its modernisation plans

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s data protection regulator and it announced on 09 October that from 11 of October, it will be piloting changes to the way it provides support to businesses. One of the first changes…

03 October 2024

A cautionary tale of lessons learnt in cases involving crypto fraud from D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024]

The High Court in D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (Ch) (full judgment available here), has recently dismissed claims brought by a Claimant, who was the object of a complex crypto based fraud, against Bitkub,…

02 October 2024

‘This is a true story’: A lesson learnt from ‘Baby Reindeer’ for shows dramatising the lives of real people

A judge in the United States has ruled that Fiona Harvey, the woman accused of stalking Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd, can continue her defamation claim against Netflix. Baby Reindeer portrays the experiences of Richard Gadd, its creator and star,…

13 September 2024

Tougher protection on its way for victims of revenge porn

The Government announced on 13 September 2024 an important change to the law which will help victims of intimate image-based abuse online. The offence of sharing intimate images without consent will be made a ‘priority offence’ under the Online Safety…

06 August 2024

Proposed changes to the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals

On 29 July 2024, HM Treasury published a policy paper on the government’s proposed changes to the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals. The government aims to remove the concept of ‘domicile’ from the tax system and implement a new residence-based…

29 July 2024

“Consent or pay” walls – are they here to stay?

Authors: Louise Prince, Hannah Mughal The “consent or pay” model which allows websites to share users’ personal information unless they pay to keep their data private has now made it to the UK. “Consent or pay” pop ups last…

29 July 2024

Facial Recognition Technology: skip the DPIA and face the consequences

The UK’s data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has issued a reprimand to a school in Essex in respect of its use of facial recognition technology (FRT) which infringed the UK GDPR. The data controller, Chelmer Valley High…

26 July 2024

The King’s Speech and the AI Bill

The King’s Speech last week gave us our first glimpse of the Government’s priorities for the new Parliament. From a tech perspective, in the run-up to the King’s Speech, the press were widely reporting that an AI Bill would be…

18 July 2024

The new UK government announce the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill

On 17 July, as part of the King’s Speech, the new UK Labour Government announced its plan to introduce the Digital Information and Smart Data (DISD) Bill. Generally, the DISD Bill is aimed at improving access and sharing of data…

18 July 2024

King’s Speech outlines proposed changes to employment legislation

The King’s Speech has outlined the new Government’s bold proposed changes to current employment legislation. Their plans include the introduction of a new Employment Rights Bill and a draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. The Employment Rights Bill, promised within…