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Good Governance around AI – what does it require?
As AI adoption increases, and new AI laws, regulation and guidance are published, organisations are rightly focussing on their AI governance. Importance of good AI governance Good governance will help ensure that organisations: ... Read more
How should privacy teams be managing AI?
Not a week goes by without AI making the headline news, one of the latest items being the landmark EU AI Act entering into force on 1 August 2024 (as discussed in this blog). Business uptake of AI continues to increase at pace, with a nearly 40%... Read more
The wallet revolution: FCA and PSR publish call for information on Big Tech and digital wallets
How did you pay for your coffee today? Because the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Payment Services Regulator (PSR) are interested. On 15 July 2024 they launched a joint call for information on the benefits and risks that digital... Read more.
EU AI Act published today - enters into force 1st August
The EU AI Act was published in the Official Journal today and will enter into force 20 days later, on 1st August. While it will still be some time before some of the more substantive rules apply (most of the Act will not take effect for another... Read more.
UK data reforms (including for Smart Data) are resurrected: what do we know so far?
The UK government has set out the details of its proposed legislative program in the King’s Speech this week. This includes proposals for a new Digital Information and Smart Data Bill (the DISDB), which will resurrect a number of (but not all)... Read more
Is the UK getting an AI bill?
Yesterday’s King’s Speech confirmed that the new Labour government “will seek to establish the appropriate legislation to place requirements on those working to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence models”, but stopped short of... Read more
New Cyber Security and Resilience Bill announced in King’s Speech
In the week that saw one of the world’s biggest IT outages, apparently caused by a cyber security firm no-less, a new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was announced in the UK. The bill was set out in the King’s Speech on Wednesday last week (or,... Read more.
ByteDance confirmed as digital gatekeeper
In the first substantive judgment on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European General Court (GC) has today upheld ByteDance's designation as a gatekeeper. ByteDance was designated as a gatekeeper in respect of its social networking... Read more.
Creating a level playing field: the EU AI Act and copyright
The EU AI Act is due to be published in the Official Journal of the EU in the coming days and will enter into force 20 days after publication. Whilst the EU AI Act is not IP focused, it does contain some important obligations relating to... Read more.
Capping liability: far from a model of clarity in TCS v DBS
Negotiating and drafting a liability clause is never easy. We’ve seen a number of liability clauses scrutinised in court in recent years, and the judge’s interpretation can have a huge impact on the damages recoverable. Tata Consultancy Services... Read more.
Insights from the ICO’s Snap decision on genAI enforcement
Last month, the ICO announced that it would not take enforcement action against Snap for its ChatGPT powered “MyAI” chat-bot - despite its Preliminary Enforcement Notice (PEN) of October 2023, which suggested it may do so to prevent Snap... Read more.
Are you ready for new data sharing rules?
Boosting access to data, data sharing and the data economy has become an increasingly important policy objective for the UK government and EU institutions alike. With new legislative measures announced from both quarters, is it ‘all systems... Read more
What do the Pope, the Republic of Korea and the Labour manifesto have in common?
They're all talking about AI….. Despite many politicians across the globe being in the midst of election campaigning, AI is still high on the political agenda. Even the Pope has a view – stating AI is ‘neither objective nor neutral’ and calling... Read more
The generation game: New EU guidelines published on generative AI and data protection
On 3 June, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published guidelines on navigating the relationship between generative AI (GenAI) and data protection. While the EDPS’s guidelines are directed at EU institutions rather than businesses,... Read more.