17 Dec, 2024 General Product Safety Regulation in application By Emma Thompson The new rules under the General Product Safety Regulation (the Regulation) came into effect on 13 December 2024, affecting UK companies...
17 Dec, 2024 Consultation on amends to the Advertising Codes launched By Emma Thompson A joint Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has launched a public consultation...
13 Dec, 2024 The FCA’s next steps to regulate crypto By George Harrington Charles Maurice The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is introducing new rules to bring various forms of cryptoassets within its regulatory remit. To...
10 Dec, 2024 New Fair Payment Code published By Emma Thompson The government has launched a New Fair Payment Code (the Code) to tackle late payment of business invoices, reward good practices and...
28 Aug, 2024 Uber's costly transatlantic data transfer slip: Dutch DPA imposes €290m fine By Georgie Barrow The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber EUR290m for transferring European drivers' data, including location data,...
09 Aug, 2024 The cookie conundrum: consent or cough-up By Georgie Barrow A number of publishers, including Mail Online, The Independent, Daily Mirror, Daily Express and The Sun, now use “pay or consent” cookie...
24 Jul, 2024 The Kings Speech: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill By Laura Burge The Kings Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 outlined the new Labour government’s plans to introduce a Cyber Security and Resilience Bill...
24 Jul, 2024 The King’s Speech: Digital Information and Smart Data Bill By Georgie Barrow The King’s Speech delivered on 17 July 2024 set out two new bills with implications for the technology sector, one of which being the...
07 Jun, 2024 DPDI Bill washed away By Laura Burge On 22 May 2024, the Prime Minister announced that a general election is to be held on 4 July 2024. Following this announcement, UK...
03 May, 2024 From misleading to un-ad-visable: considerations for hotels to avoid misleading advertising By Georgie Barrow A Premier Inn hotel advert has been banned for misleading claims about room prices after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found...
07 Feb, 2024 Cyber Governance Code of Practice – call for views By Stevens & Bolton LLP The UK government has opened a consultation on its draft Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the “Code”), which was published on 23...
06 Feb, 2024 Spanner in the works for the CSDDD? By Angelica Lovell Catherine Sellars Nicola Broadhurst The Council of the European Union is set to vote on the final text of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on 9...